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Description

1. 1 map : hand colored; 101 x 71 cm

Alternative title

1. Map of the city of Philadelphia
2. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US215.1.05

Subject

1. Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Maps
2. Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Administrative and political divisions -- Maps
3. Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Genre/Form

1. Maps.

Call number

1. Map Div. 17-5236

Note

1. Shows wards, names of streets, radial distances from City Hall, drainage, railroads, and other points of interest.
2. "Copyright secured 1892 by J.L. Smith."
3. Includes street directory, "Statistical notes," and "Elevations of the highest recorded points above high tide in the Delaware River."

Indexed in (note)

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Author

1. Smith, John L., 1846-1921, creator, publisher.

Title

1. New map of the city of Philadelphia : from the latest city surveys : prepared for Gopsill's directories, 1893.

Publisher

1. 27 South Sixth St., Philadelphia : J.L. Smith, map publisher, [1893]

Copyright date

1. ©1892

Cartographic data

1. Scale approximately 1:21,200 (W 75°16ʹ09ʺ--W 75°04ʹ05ʺ/N 40°04ʹ50ʺ--N 39°52ʹ43ʺ).

Type of content

1. cartographic image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Indexed in:

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 7, page 698, column c, no. 5

Source

1. US215.1.05

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

1. United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Related to

1. Gopsill's Philadelphia city directory (OCoLC)8646965

Research call number

1. Map Div. 17-5236