Hermann Bollmann New York City Bird’s-Eye Map for American Airlines, 1964

Name: Hermann Bollmann New York City Bird’s-Eye Map for American Airlines, 1964
Brand: Hermann Bollmann
SKU: BG-14367
Price: 1000 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1964
Maker: Hermann Bollmann
Kind: Maps
Size: 83.8 × 106.4 cm (33 × 41.9 in)
Condition: Good. Wear consistent with age and use. Good vintage condition. Originally issued folding and retaining the expected fold lines. Some light age toning, handling marks and minor wear consistent with its original use as a travel map. Colors remain attractive.
Period: The Twentieth Century
Places: New York
Reference: BG-14367

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

A bird's-eye map of Manhattan in the manner of Hermann Bollmann, issued as the picture side of a folding "New York Map-Guide" for American Airlines. The listing dates it 1964, and it is a color lithograph.

The view takes in the island from the Hudson River at the left to the East River at the lower right, with Central Park at the upper right. Individual buildings are drawn in perspective and tinted in blues, yellows and browns, so that blocks of tenements, skyscrapers and rail yards can be read building by building. Piers along the Hudson are lined with ocean liners and ships, and small vessels are shown at the East River edge. The sheet is lettered "New York" at the top edge.

The reverse carries a large street and transportation map of all five boroughs with adjoining New Jersey and inset regional maps. The cover reads "New York Map-Guide: Picture Map in Full Color, Street and Subway Maps" and advertises American Airlines as "America's Leading Airline", placing the sheet in the early jet era, when air travel was reshaping tourism to the city.

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