Broadway, Looking South East from St. Paul's Chapel - 1855
New York, looking east, south and west from the steeple of St. Paul’s Church, 1855. Drawn by John William Hill (1812-1879) and engraved by Henry Papprill in New York. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by Jos. Laing & Co. in the Clerks office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.
From left to right, the steeples of St. George's, the old Middle Dutch Church and Trinity Church. We can also see The P.T. Barnum's American Museum and the Daguerrian Miniature Gallery of the photographer Mathew Brady. The harbor and Brooklyn appear in the distance.
Source: Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc.
Broadway
Fulton St.
Post Office
Enlargement of shops and offices on Fulton Street.
Enlargement of the part in the left, including the Barnum's American Museum.
Broadway, Looking South East from St. Paul's Chapel - 1855
Trinity Church
St. Paul's Chapel
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