Part of Village of Tarrytown, Town of Greenburgh

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Part of Village of Tarrytown, Town of Greenburgh

Entry/Object ID

L.2004.84

Description

Photoengraved and hand-colored map from G. W. Bromley & Co.'s Atlas of Westchester County NY: showing properties and property names, railroad line and Hudson River for southern portion of Tarrytown, NY; upper right corner along edge "PLATE 36;" below it is title "PART OF / VILLAGE OF / TARRYTOWN / TOWN OF GREENBURGH / Scale 300 feet to an inch;" at top is "Corporation Line;" on left side is Benedict Ave. with White Plains Road, Sheldon Ave. and W. Sunnyside Ave. as parallel roads; the Croton Aqueduct and Broadway run perpendicular to above roads; the New York Central & Hudson River R.R. and the Hudson River along bottom of map; map hand-colored in light shades of purple, pink, yellow, orange and green throughout map denoting properties; dark green line colored on two vertical main roads; at upper left is property of Howard Carroll, to lower right is property of Alexander D. Irving, "Sunnyside" has a wide and narrow line border around sides of map; mounted on linen; reverse lower right corner has red and white sticker reading "Sp. 8413 / 3/22/1951 / Milton L. / Bernstein"; "Map 47" in red pencil at lower left corner; some staining and loose threads on linen edges; pencil notation at upper right corner, "ATLAS OF / WESTCHESTER CO / BROMLEY / 1907 [sic]." (Atlas was actually publised in 1901)

Made/Created

Manufacturer

G. W. Bromley & Company

Date made

1901

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Sp. 8413
Map 47

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

22-1/2 in

Width

32-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 22 1/2 x 32 1/4 in. (57.2 x 81.9 cm)

Material

Paper (wove), ink, Watercolor

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Mounted on linen; has small square leather tab on upper left side that has left a mark on right side of paper; deep center crease.

General Notes

Note Type

General Note

Note

Atlas was actually published in 1901, but original typography on atlas title page looks like "1907." Therefore, the pencil notation on the reverse of this map incorrectly identifies the publication date as "1907." Genevieve Swenson, Curatorial Intern, 9/2/04, based on research at Westchester County Archives

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 28D

Note Type

Department

Note

Library