Name/Title
Map of Jersey City & Hoboken, N.J. Interstate Map Co. Indexed Map. Copyright 1904.Entry/Object ID
2012.001.0192Scope and Content
Map of Jersey City and Hoboken, New Jersey. Interstate Map Company Indexed Map. Copyright 1904. Fold-out map printed in color, 12-3/8" wide x 19-7/8" high in red folder printed in black, 2-/5/8" wide x 6-1/8" high. PDF on file. Large tiff on file.
This is an early map by this publisher. By the 1910s, their maps were titled "The Red Book... " due to the red covers used on them like the one here.
Cover text:
Price 10 Cents
Interstate Map Company Indexed Map.
Jersey City and Hoboken, New Jersey.
For sale by stationers and newsdealers.
Interstate Map Co.
Engravers & Publishers
315 Market St., Newark N.J.
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Wehman Brothers
New York Agents 126 Park Row
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Wards are indicated by color and number; schools and churches are indicated. Selected places are named such as hospitals, parks, cemeteries and schools of higher education.
Transportation and commerce markings includes street car lines, steamship piers, railroads & railroad terminals or stations, ferry routes.
Notable is that two Hudson & Manhattan Railroad tunnels under the Hudson are shown (Hoboken and Jersey City - Erie), but only labeled as "Tunnell". The H&M did not open until 1908 and there were actually four tunnels or tubes.
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Hoboken piers are identified for:
North German Lloyd Line
Hamburg-America Line; Hamburg-American Line as Hamburg American Packet Co.
Thingvalla Steamship Company as Thingvalla Line
Holland America Line as Netherland American Steamship Navigation Co.
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One Hoboken street not on map or in street index is Division Street.Acquisition
Accession
2012.001Source or Donor
PurchaseAcquisition Method
PurchaseCredit Line
Museum Collections.Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1904 - 1904Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1904
Date(s): 1904General Notes
Note
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2012-11-20
