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Map A night-club map of Harlem Manhattan

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About this Item

Title

  • A night-club map of Harlem

Other Title

  • Manhattan

Names

  • Campbell, E. Simms (Elmer Simms), 1906-1971, cartographer.
  • Dell Publishing Company, publisher.

Created / Published

  • New York, N.Y. : Dell Publishing Company, Inc., [1933]
  • © 1933

Headings

  • -  Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
  • -  Nightclubs--New York (State)--New York--Maps
  • -  Restaurants--New York (State)--New York--Maps
  • -  Bars (Drinking establishments)--New York (State)--New York--Maps
  • -  United States--New York (State)--New York--Harlem
  • -  United States--New York (State)--New York

Genre

  • Pictorial maps
  • Tourist maps

Notes

  • -  Pictorial map of entertainment, restaurant, and speakeasy facilities in the Harlem district, Manhattan, New York City.
  • -  At foot of principal title: The stars indicate the places that are open all night. The only important omission is ... the various speakeasies but since there are about 500 of them you won't have much trouble.
  • -  Oriented with north toward the lower right.
  • -  Purchase; Madison Council using Edwin L. Cox American Legacy funds; 2016.
  • -  The map sheet has been removed from the folded periodical newspaper: Manhattan--a weekly for wakeful New Yorkers, January 18, 1933, pages 7 to 10.
  • -  The copyright date given within the map border is 1932; on page 3 of the accompanying newspaper it is 1933.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Use-worn, torn at fold lines, page edges wrinkled.
  • -  Accompanied by folded newspaper: Manhattan published weekly and copyrighted 1933 by Dell Publishing Company, Inc. ... Volume 1, Number 1, January 18, 1933, 16 pages.
  • -  Includes text in lower margin, location notes in map area, pictorial compass rose, and the personal names of club/restaurant proprietors.
  • -  Text and humorous illustrations on verso.

Medium

  • 1 map ; 35 x 56 cm, folded to 21 x 31 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3804.N4:2H3E622 1932 .C3

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016585261

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Campbell, E. Simms , Cartographer, and Publisher Dell Publishing Company. A night-club map of Harlem. [New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., ©, 1932] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016585261/.

APA citation style:

Campbell, E. S. & Dell Publishing Company, P. (1932) A night-club map of Harlem. [New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., ©] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2016585261/.

MLA citation style:

Campbell, E. Simms , Cartographer, and Publisher Dell Publishing Company. A night-club map of Harlem. [New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., ©, 1932] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2016585261/>.