New York Album by Chisholm Bros Portland ME 1895 orig. from North HS Library Valley Stream NY.
Outstanding architectural and city layout detail of the 19th Century. AS IS
This is an accordion book with 16 pages of outstanding lithograph views of the buildings, bridges, streets and parks of New York City late 19th Century – believed to be 1895 based on my research. The lithograph images are fantastic.
6” x 9.5 horizonal folio
The beautiful heavily embossed cover has black ink damage.
Edgewear on a number of pages and on cover
In a few places in the book it is stamped North High School Library Valley Stream, NY.
Some of the content:
Panoramic view
of Manhattan and near boroughs
West Street
near canal street
Brooklyn and
East River Bridge
New York &
Brooklyn Bridge
Liberty Enlightening
the World (Status of Liberty Bartholdi statue)
South Ferry
& Elevated RR Station
Broadway
City Hall Square
Post Office
The Pulitzer Building, Home of the New York World
Cornelius Vanderbilt 5th Avenue
Seventh Regiment Armory
Bethesda Fountain
"Manufactured by Chisholm Bros., Portland, Me., Manufacturers of Chas. Frey's original
souvenir albums of all American & Canadian cities & scenery.”
See similar book on
Columbia University digital archives
https://archive.org/details/newyorkalbum00durs_1