Iconography of Manhattan Island: Illustrations from the Publication

Item Information

Panorama of New York from the Post Office (Plate 155-a)

Dublin Core

Title

Panorama of New York from the Post Office (Plate 155-a)
Sanitary and Topographical Map of the City and Island of New York
[The Veille Map]
(Plate 155-b)
Panorama of New York from Brooklyn (Plate 155-c)

Subject

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) --History --19th century.
New York (N.Y.) --Description and travel --Views.
New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) --Maps.

Description

Top: 153-a
Middle: 153-b
Bottom: 153-c
Page labeled as 'Plate 153'

Creator

Silver, W.W.
Viele, Egbert C.
D. Appleton and Co.
Beal, J. H.

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.

Date

Unknown (Plate 153-a and 153-c)
1865

Language

English

Additional Item Metadata

Temporal Coverage

1864 1876

Spatial Coverage

New York
Manhattan

Provenance

John N. Golding, Esq.
I.N. Phelps Stokes

Citation

Plate 155-a, Plate 155-b, and Plate 155-c [no page number, Chapter 7]

MODS

Key Date

1865

Type of Date

Questionable

Repository Name

No repository

Language of Cataloging

English

Digital Origin

Reformatted digital

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Photograph (Plate 153-a and 153-c)
Lithograph

Citation

Silver, W.W. et al., “Panorama of New York from the Post Office (Plate 155-a),” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed March 14, 2025, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/stokes/item/3695.

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