Quackenbush, Eugene (sold)
Eugene Quackenbush (1869 - after 1919) was a New York City based surveyor and draughtsman active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Quackenbush most notably updated Egbert L Viele's famous "Waterway Map" of New York City. He may have been a Mormon and appears to have spent some time in Chicago. A surviving manuscript letter written by Quackenbush from Chicago, regards his production of the 1874 edition of the Viele Waterway Map. There is little else known of his life.
One of the most beautiful, important, and enduring maps of Manhattan ever published.
Topographical Atlas of the City of New York including the Annexed Territory, Showing original water courses and made land.
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One of the scarcest, most important and most enduring maps of New York City ever published, this is the 1874 edition of Egbert L. Viele's topography and waterways map of Manhattan. Viele first issued this map in 1864. Nearly twice the size as the 1864 edition, ... (more details)