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| Keywords: 1865 Johnson Map of New York City and Brooklyn - Geographicus - NewYorkCity-johnson-1865.jpg A fine hand colored map of New York City and Brooklyn dating to 1865 Covers the island of Manhattan and the borough of Brooklyn as well as parts of Jersey City and Hoboken Johnson's plan is heavily based upon the third state of J H Colton's New York City atlas map Central Park is shown in great detail and in and earlier incarnation than we know today with the Receiving Reservoir in the place of today ™s Great Lawn The important ferries running between New York Brooklyn Queens and New Jersey are all noted In Queens we can see the newly built Long Island Railroad leaving Flushing station at Hunter's Point At the tip of Roosevelt Island where now stands a decrepit ruin there Johnson notes a civil war hospital Represents Page no 29 - 30 in the 1865 Johnson and Ward edition of Johnson ™s Family Atlas This is the last edition of this map to bear the Johnson and Ward imprint 1865 undated Size in 25 16 5 object history credit line accession number s Geographical Statistical and Historical </i> 1865 A J Johnson and Ward edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Alvin Jewett Johnson 1865 maps Old maps of New York City Old maps of Manhattan New York City Old maps showing the West Side Line Old maps of Manhattan north of 155th Street | ||||
