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| Dr. Cuyler['s] Church, Brooklyn |
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| Dr. Colyer's Church, Brooklyn, N.Y. |
Friday, June 30, 2017
Dr. Colyer's Church
Maps of North America: Quebec City
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| Map of the eastern townships of Lower Canada drawn principally from actual survey for the British American Land Company, 1839 |
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| A map of Cabotia, 1814 |
COLLECTION HISTORY
In 1997, on the death of Lawrence H. Slaughter, part of his magnificent private map collection came to NYPL from his estate, as a gift from his family. In 2001, the second half of the collection was given to the Map Division. His collection of maps focuses on the Middle Atlantic region, and formed the basis for the exhibition "In thy map securely saile."
Another private collection came to NYPL in 1990 from the John H. Levine estate, comprised of a wonderful miscellany of antique maps for places around the world, from the Holy Lands to Bermuda, providing additional specimens for this digital presentation.
BACKGROUND
Established in 1898, from map and atlas collections in the Astor and Lenox libraries, which that year joined to form The New York Public Library, the Map Division now holds some 400,000+ maps, atlases and books about cartography. Support from the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2000-2002 enabled cataloging of the Slaughter gift and the related maps included in this presentation, some of which are described in more detail on the "American Shores: Maps of the Middle Atlantic Region to 1850" site below.
Thursday, June 29, 2017
Images du théâtre de Londres
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| Affiche anglaise "The J. P." pour le Strand Théâtre de Londres, 1896 |
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| Rupture entre Lord-donnant et Miss-prend, danseuse du Théâtre de Londres, 1810-1819 |
Murray Hill Hotel by Berenice Abbott
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| Murray Hill Hotel, Manhattan, 1935 |
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| Murray Hill Hotel, 112 Park Avenue, Manhattan, 1935 |
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| Murray Hill Hotel, Manhattan, 1935 |
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| Murray Hill Hotel, from Park Avenue and 40th Street, Manhattan, 1935 |
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| Park Avenue and 39th Street, Manhattan, 1936 |
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| Looking southwest from Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street (?) across Croton Reservoir. |
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| Croton reservoir : 42nd Street reservoir, looking west at street level, cart, right. |
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| Crystal Palace, ca. 1853, from an engraving. |
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| Central building, paintings, N.Y. in 1855 from Latting Tower by B.F. Smith : New York from the Latting Observatory, showing reservoir and Crystal Palace. |
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| Central building, paintings, N.Y. in 1855 from Latting Tower by B.F. Smith : New York from the Latting Observatory, showing reservoir and Crystal Palace. |
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| Central building, paintings, N.Y. in 1855 from Latting Tower by B.F. Smith : New York from the Latting Observatory, showing reservoir and Crystal Palace. |
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| Central building, paintings, N.Y. in 1855 from Latting Tower by B.F. Smith : New York from the Latting Observatory, showing reservoir and Crystal Palace. |
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| Croton reservoir in 1900, in process of demolition. |
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| Croton reservoir : Fifth Avenue in 1879, looking south. |
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| Croton reservoir : Fifth Avenue looking south, 1880, Rutgers Female College, left, reservoir, right. |
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| Croton reservoir : Fifth Avenue in 1879, looking south. |
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| Looking southwest from Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street (?) across Croton Reservoir. |
Methodist Episcopal Church, Washington St., Brooklyn.
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| Methodist Episcopal Church, Washington St., Brooklyn. |
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| Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Church. Pulpit on the return of the pastor [M. E. Haines?] from his vacation. |
Source: From the New York Public Library.
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Talmage's Brooklyn Tabernacle
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| Talmage's Brooklyn Tabernacle |
Clinton Avenue Congregational Church, Brooklyn
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| Clinton Avenue Congregational Church, Brooklyn |
L'Hiver à Paris ou La neige à Paris by Félix Hilaire Buhot
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| L'Hiver à Paris ou La neige à Paris, 1879 |
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
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