Item Information

Original Design for the Central Park; by Messrs. Olmsted and Vaux<br /><br />
(Plate 149-a)

Dublin Core

Title

Original Design for the Central Park; by Messrs. Olmsted and Vaux
(Plate 149-a)

Photographs of Central Park (Plate 149-b)

Subject

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) --History --19th century.

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) --Maps

New York (N.Y.) --Description and travel --Views.

Description

Top: 149-a
Bottom: 149-b
Page labeled as 'Plate 149)

Creator

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903

Vaux, Calvin

Prevost, Victor, 1820-1881

Source

Stokes, I. N. Phelps. The iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909. New York : Robert H. Dodd, 1915-1928. Electronic reproduction. v. 3. New York, N.Y. : Columbia University Libraries, 2008.

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/cul/texts/ldpd_5800727_003/pages/ldpd_5800727_003_00000402.html?toggle=image&menu=maximize&top=&left=

Date

Unknown

Language

English

Additional Item Metadata

Temporal Coverage

1858 1862

Spatial Coverage

New York

Manhattan

Central Park

Provenance

City of New York, Department of Parks

New York Public Library

Citation

Plate 149-a and Plate 149-b [no page number, Chapter 6]

MODS

Key Date

0000

Type of Date

Questionable

Repository Name

No repository

Language of Cataloging

English

Digital Origin

Reformatted digital

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Pen and ink drawing

Photograph

Citation

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903, Vaux, Calvin, and Prevost, Victor, 1820-1881, “Original Design for the Central Park; by Messrs. Olmsted and Vaux
(Plate 149-a),” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed February 10, 2025, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/stokes/item/3681.