Author: Kouwenhoven, John A.
Title: The Columbia Historical Portrait of New York: An Essay in Graphic History
Description: NY, Doubleday & Company, 1953. Hardcover. Bluish cloth with silver lettering, orange and bw illustrated dj with white lettering. 550 pp, profusely illustrated in color and bw; portratis and maps. A massive compendium of photographs illustrating New York City from the beginning of photography on forward. Index to locations at rear. Contents include: Introduction: Ways of looking at the city -- Plans and prospects, 1614-1800 -- The people get in the picture, 1800-1845 -- Mid-century panorama, 1845-1855 -- Documents of change, 1855-1870 -- The city of motion, 1870-1890 -- Transit to the greater city, 1980-1910 -- "The shapes arise," 1910-1953. Good/Good (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Light shelfwear to boards, block, dj. Pages are otherwise clean and clear.) .

Keywords: Gallimaufry ; New York City History ; ; History - American


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