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Valentine's
Prints were originally prepared for the
official NYC almanac entitled " Manual of the Common
Council of the City of New York". Each manual (starting in the early 1850’s)
presents a record of the Corporation of the City of New
York, including lists of population, governmental and
budget records, education, crime, political offices,
election results and financial summaries and other
statistics. Information also appears on social and
religious institutions, libraries, banks, hospitals,
college and schools and any other related city
information.
 A
manual also contained lithographs, engravings and woodcuts
of New York City. The Manuals were the first official
illustrated histories of New York City. Each manual is
recognized as a basic reference to New York City
history.
Information
is used by scholars, historians and people interested in
facts and social and political background of New York
City.
 A
typical historical section may include History of Wall
Street; The Bowery; Park Row and Chatham Street; The
City of New York 1750-1752; Trinity Churchyard; Singular
Law Case; Remarks of the Commissioners for Laying out
the Streets and Roads in the City of New York; The Great
Fires in New York City in 1776 and 1778; Vessels
Navigating the Hudson River in 1684; Papers Relating to
the Fire Department of the City of New York; Tax List of
1674; and Execution of Persons Engaged in the Negro Plot
in the City of New York in the Year 1741.
 The
engravings and woodcuts are regarded as fine examples of small
prints. The prints are highly decorative and usually
several are hung in various combinations. You
can now own an original print(s) and engraving or
woodcut of old New York from 1850 to 1870. Some prints
are also hand colored. We
hope you enjoy our prints and their history of New York.
It is particular fun to notice the address of the
buildings and where they once stood and what has taken
their place 150 years later.
 In
addition, coming soon is McKim Mead and White's architectural
plates from 1915 and 1925; and Moses King's Views of New
York from the late 1890's and early 1900's.
*Prints
shown are College of the City of New York, Old City Hall
on Wall Street, Police Department on Mulberry Street,
Central Park
and Plaza Hotel.
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