Gray's Aero View of the Port of New York Specially Prepared For The Chamber of Commerce....
A wonderful novelty for the city, unlike anything we come across before for this period. Dated 1912, this beauty is a raised relief for the city and environs. A thick paper construction it accentuates the slight rolling terrain of the area, as well as major buildings. Prepared for the Chamber of Commerce, it is a four color wonder that shows parks, major boulevards, bridges and the scads of docks that dot the 921 mile waterfront. The text block focuses on the prowess of this "the most important center of water-bourne commerce in the United States". An amazing map which rarely is seen, there is a folding version of this same map, sectioned in three, but this is complete and contiguous.
Condition of this thick paper map which is flexible, is good, but has two rigps that range into the map, one underneath the text block , and another that is less than an inch on the Jersey side of the image, just in the water. Image size is approximately 23 x 14.75 (inches)
