Tarrytown

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Tarrytown

Entry/Object ID

L.2004.113

Description

Handtraced and handcolored map of roads of Tarrytown, New York: there is no title but a handwritten explanatory text appears at center bottom as follows: "Traced from several maps / of different dates - showing / Oldest - Roads in Tarrytown; street grid of Tarrytown appears in lower left corner with more roads above and to the right of it; named streets include "APPROXIMATE LINE OF POST ROAD," "BROADWAY," "APPROXIMATE LINE MAIN STREET 1757," "FRANKLIN STREET," "VAN WART AVENUE," "PAULDING AVENUE," "OLD POST ROAD," "ALBANY POST ROAD," "TURNPIKE;" unnamed street grid appears in lower right corner; "OLD / MILL / POND / 1684" and "POCANTICO / CREEK" in lower left corner; "CROTON AQUEDUCT" indicated and named in two places; numbers "1 -11" appear on the map but there is no legend; pencil line, with two crosses marked on it, drawn at an angle across lower right side from just left of the center fold out towards the center right edge where it is bisected by another pencil mark; further pencil marks on lower left side (two) and one at bottom, right of center; map is traced in black ink, with some roads colored in red and bodies of water in blue; small squares in pencil at bottom of Franklin Street; "MAP # 79" is written vertically in red pencil on lower left corner of reverse side.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Edgar Mayhew Bacon

Attribution

Artist

Date made

circa 1920

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Map 79

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

23-1/4 in

Width

35 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 23 1/4 x 35 in. (59.1 x 88.9 cm)

Material

Paper (tracing), ink, Pencil

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Many crease marks and vertical fold marks, including one deep center fold mark; right and left sides have folds, at lower right and along complete left; small tears along bottom edge and a three-inch vertical one at lower left corner; marbleized blue stains show through from back to front; holes along right side of reverse; surface dirt, staining and foxing.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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

Note Type

Department

Note

Library