Thirteenth Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park, for the Year Ending December 31, 1869.

People:

Unknown (photographer)
Rockwood & Co. (photographic studio)
Frederick Law Olmsted (landscape architect)
Calvert Vaux (landscape architect)

Title:

Thirteenth Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park, for the Year Ending December 31, 1869.

Date:

published 1870

Description:

The 10 photographs included in this book are titled as follows: "The Mall"; "The Cascade"; "Berceau Walk"; "The Camel"; "The Elephant"; "Boys Playground"; "Goat Carriage"; "Group in Stone - Auld Lang Syne"; "Columbus"; and "Humboldt".

Form:
books
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 book(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver prints

Dimensions:

book (closed): 23.2 x 14.7 x 2 cm (9 1/8 x 5 13/16 x 13/16 in.) pages (approx.): 23.2 x 14.1 cm (9 1/8 x 5 9/16 in.)

Reference number:

PH1987:1297:001-010

Point of View:

exterior views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

Contemporary binding consists of brownish white paper. There is a black ink 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, 187 pages of text, drawings, 3 maps and 10 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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