The Columbia historical portrait of New York : an essay in graphic history in honor of the tricentennial of New York City and the bicentennial of Columbia University / John Atlee Kouwenhoven, with a foreword by Grayson L. Kirk.

Main entry:

Kouwenhoven, John Atlee, 1909-1990, author

Title & Author:

Edition:

[1st ed.].

Publication:

Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, [1953]
©1953

Description:

550 pages chiefly illustrations (some color) portraits, maps 28 cm

Notes:
Introduction: Ways of looking at the city -- Plans and prospects, 1614-1800 -- The people get in the picture, 1800-1845 -- Mid-century panorama, 1845-1855 -- Documents of change, 1855-1870 -- The city of motion, 1870-1890 -- Transit to the greater city, 1980-1910 -- "The shapes arise," 1910-1953.

Subject:

Columbia University.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Travel
Bildband
Geschichte
New York (N.Y.) Pictorial works.
New York (N.Y.) History Pictorial works.
New York (N.Y.) Description and travel.
New York (N.Y.) - Descriptions et voyages.
New York (N.Y.) - Histoire - Ouvrages illustrés.
New York (N.Y.) Histoire Ouvrages illustrés.
New York (N.Y.) Descriptions et voyages.
New York (State) New York
United States, New York, New York (City) Description and travel.
United States, New York, New York (City) History.
New York (N.Y.)

Form/genre:

Pictorial Work
illustrated books.
Illustrated works
History
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Kirk, Grayson L. (Grayson Louis), 1903-1997, writer of foreword.
Columbia University.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 32273
Call No.: W8308; ID:88-B3996
Status: Available

Location: Library main 32274
Call No.: W8308; ID:88-B3996
Status: Available

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