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1873 Beers Map of North Flushing, Queens, New York City
1873 (undated) $150.00
1873 Beers Map of Flushing near Main Street, Queens, New York City
PartOfFlushing-beers-1873$102.50
Title
Part of Flushing. Town of Flushing, Queens Co.
1873 (undated) 14.5 x 29.5 in (36.83 x 74.93 cm) 1 : 3600
1873 (undated) 14.5 x 29.5 in (36.83 x 74.93 cm) 1 : 3600
Description
A scarce example of Fredrick W. Beers' map parts of Flushing, Queens, New York City published in 1873. Oriented to the east, roughly includes Orchard Street, Myrtle Avenue, Bradford Avenue, Prospect Avenue, Sanford Avenue, Maple Avenue, Bank Street, Whitestone Avenue, Farrington Street, Clinton Avenue, Union Avenue, Jamaica Avenue, Lawrence Street, and Colden Street. Bounded on the bottom of the map by Flushing creek. Notes the Orthodox Society, Fairchild's Flushing Institute, St. Joseph's Academy, and the Foundling Asylum. Detailed to the level of individual properties and buildings with landowners noted. T his is probably the finest atlas map of this part of Queens, New York, 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. Some wear and verso repair along original centerfold. Minor spotting. Minor edge repair on verso.
References
New York Public Library, Map Division, 1527292. Rumsey 0066.041.