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Map Map of the city of Brooklyn.

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Title

  • Map of the city of Brooklyn.

Names

  • Phelps, Humphrey, active 19th century.
  • Cooper, H. P. (Henry Poolly)

Created / Published

  • [New York?] : [publisher not identified], 1865.
  • N.Y. [New York] : Henry Poolly Cooper lith.

Headings

  • -  Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
  • -  Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Administrative and political divisions--Maps
  • -  Horse drawn rail cars--New York (State)--New York--Maps
  • -  United States--New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn
  • -  United States--New York (State)--New York

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  General-content double-line street map of Brooklyn city (Kings County, N.Y.) showing municipal ward numbers and horsecar lines.
  • -  Shows half-mile radial distances from Brooklyn city hall.
  • -  Oriented with north toward the lower left.
  • -  "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1858 by H. Phelps in the ... Southern district of New York."
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Brittle, torn at fold lines, probably removed from textual publication (tear line along left sheet edge).
  • -  Advertisements and related text on verso.

Medium

  • 1 map ; 37 x 46 cm, folded to 21 x 12 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3804.N4:3B8 1865 .P4

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540 to 4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2015585148

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Phelps, Humphrey, Active 19Th Century, and H. P Cooper. Map of the city of Brooklyn. [New York?: publisher not identified, . N.Y. New York: Henry Poolly Cooper lith, 1865] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2015585148/.

APA citation style:

Phelps, H. & Cooper, H. P. (1865) Map of the city of Brooklyn. [New York?: publisher not identified, . N.Y. New York: Henry Poolly Cooper lith] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2015585148/.

MLA citation style:

Phelps, Humphrey, Active 19Th Century, and H. P Cooper. Map of the city of Brooklyn. [New York?: publisher not identified, . N.Y. New York: Henry Poolly Cooper lith, 1865] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2015585148/>.