Large Decorative Map of Westchester County New York 1931 – Linen-Backed Wall Map

Name: Large Decorative Map of Westchester County New York 1931 – Linen-Backed Wall Map
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14195
Price: 1035 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1931
Kind: Maps
Size: 91.2 × 86.6 cm (35.9 × 34.1 in)
Condition: Good. Issued folding, dissected and mounted on linen. Minor toning along some fold lines, with light foxing and a small amount of soiling near the upper edge. Overall a well-preserved and attractive example, with strong color.
Period: The Twentieth Century
Places: New York
Reference: BG-14195

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

Lower Westchester County, New York, in 1931, an original large-format map published by Dolph & Stewart, titled "Map of Lower Westchester County New York." The sheet is printed in color and has been dissected and mounted on linen, as issued, so that the large map folds; the cut sections form a regular grid visible across the face.

The map covers the county from Tarrytown at the top to the New York City line at the foot. The Hudson River runs down the left side, with a strip of Rockland County and New Jersey beyond it, while Fairfield County, Connecticut, appears at the upper right and Long Island Sound with its indented shoreline fills the lower right. Yonkers, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Rye, Scarsdale, White Plains, Harrison, Mamaroneck, Bronxville, Pelham and Eastchester are all shown, with part of the Bronx, including Van Cortlandt Park and Woodlawn Cemetery, along the southern edge. Parks and golf courses are tinted green, water is blue, and railroads, stations and ferries are marked. An extensive street and avenue index runs below the map.

The sheet records Westchester as a commuter suburb of New York City in the years before the postwar building boom.

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