1873 Beers Map of College Point (Flushing), Queens, New York City

CollegePoint2-beers-1873
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Part of College Point Town of Flushing Queens Co. - Main View
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1873 Beers Map of College Point (Flushing), Queens, New York City

CollegePoint2-beers-1873

Beautiful Map of Flushing, Queens, New York City.
$200.00

Title


Part of College Point Town of Flushing Queens Co.
  1873 (undated)     15 x 22 in (38.1 x 55.88 cm)     1 : 3600

Description


A scarce example of Fredrick W. Beers' map of College Point, part of Flushing, Queens, New York. Published in 1873, it covers the College Point area of Flushing, Queens, home to the Asian diaspora in New York City. It covers from 2nd avenue to College Point and the Long Island Sound. Bounded on the east by Flushing Bay and on the west by Powells Cove. Proposed landfills in the Long Island Sound are ghosted in. Detailed to the level of individual buildings and properties with landholders noted. This is probably the finest atlas map of Flushing, Queens to appear in the 19th century. Prepared by Beers, Comstock & Cline out of their office at 36 Vesey Street, New York City, for inclusion in the first published atlas of Long Island, the 1873 issue of Atlas of Long Island, New York.

Cartographer


The Beers family (Fredrick, Silas, James and Daniel) (fl. c. 1850 - 1886), along with Charles and Augustus Warner, were prominent map publishers working from the 1850s to the late 1880s. Often publishing under the Warner & Beers designation, the combined firms produced a series of important state and county atlases and map of much of the northeastern United States. Many of their regional maps are among the most detailed and well laid out maps ever produced of their respective regions. Because Warner & Beers county maps were often detailed down to the individual homes and landowners, they have become highly sought after by general and family historians. In additional to producing maps of surpassing detail, Warner & Beers also maintained an earlier generation's attention to detail and quality while publishing in an era ever increasingly dominated by the low cost printing methods used by the publishing empires of Rand McNally and George Cram. More by this mapmaker...

Source


Atlas of Long Island, New York. From Recent Actual Surveys and Records Under the Superintendence of F. W. Beers. (1873 First Edition)    

Condition


Very good. Minor wear and verso repair along original centerfold. Overall toning and minor spotting.

References


New York Public Library, Map Division, 1527287. Rumsey 0066.037. Philips (Atlases) 2202.