Tenth Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park, for the Year Ending December 31, 1866

People:

Unknown (photographer)
Frederick Law Olmsted (landscape architect)
Calvert Vaux (landscape architect)

Title:

Tenth Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park, for the Year Ending December 31, 1866

Date:

published 1867

Description:

The five photographs included in this book are titled as follows: "Designs for Ramps of the Terrace"; "Rustic Bridge over the Ravine"; "Summer House in the Ramble"; "The Brook"; and "The Ravine-water".

Form:
books
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 book(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver prints

Dimensions:

book (closed): 23.6 x 15.5 x 1.5 cm (9 5/16 x 6 1/8 x 9/16 in.) pages (approx.): 23 x 14.6 cm (9 1/16 x 5 3/4 in.)

Reference number:

PH1987:1298:001-005

Point of View:

exterior views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

Contemporary binding consists of black, embossed cloth-covered boards. There is a gold gilt inscription on the cover. Endpapers and pages are of light brownish white paper. The book is comprised of a title page, table of contents, list of illustrations, list of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park, 152 pages of text, drawings, 5 maps and 5 photographs.

Inscription:

inscribed

Location:

Manhattan; New York (City); New York; United Sta

Subject:

architecture
landscape architecture

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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