Collection Highlights
Plan of the City of New York
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.NS3.M36.1.3ab
Medium:
Black ink, with pencil additions, on paper backed with paper backed with cloth
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Hansom Cab
Object Number:
1945.146
Date:
ca. 1895-1902
Medium:
mixed.
Marks:
inscriptions: hub caps marked: "Burr & Co. Broadway 254th St. New York"; Harness marked: "M & M" [Martin & Martin, N.Y.C.].
Description:
Body painted black, running gear yellow with black striping; trim, black morocco; wheels with wooden hubs, two-piece rims, rubber tires, Collinge's axles; two side and one cross spring.
Accessories: square kerosene lamps, set of harness.
Gallery Label:
came from the Cochrane Estate, Strawberry Hill, Stamford. CT.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
