This listing
is for an original antique cyanotype / blueprint subdivision map
titled:
LAKEVIEW TERRACE
Owned by:
The New
England Development & Improvement Co.
Boston, Mass.
The
map is dated July 1898 and is drawn at a scale of 100 feet to one
inch.
The plan shows a proposed residential subdivision
along Pontoosuc Lake in the Pittsfield, Massachusetts area, with
individually numbered lots, streets, property boundaries, waterfront
geography, and surrounding landowners.
Visible street and
location references include Broadway, Farnham Street, Osceola Avenue,
Highland Avenue, Pittsfield & Lanesboro Road, and Pontoosuc
Lake.
The map also includes a property notation for L. H.
Green with a reference to a transfer book page.
This is an
interesting piece of late-19th-century Massachusetts real estate,
land development, surveying, and local history.
Condition
shows significant wear including discoloration, staining, fading,
folds, creases, bends, bumps, tears, rips, pin holes, edge wear,
missing pieces, small holes, surface marks, and other general signs
of age and handling. There is a large tear and area of material loss
through the upper portion of the map, along with additional losses
and damage along the edges.
The map measures approximately
23.75" x 18".
Please see pictures for more
details.
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