Springs and wells : Manhattan and the Bronx / Stanley Greenberg, James Reuel Smith ; texts, James Reuel Smith.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • [Amsterdam, Netherlands?] : Fw:Books, [2021]
  • ©2021
Description
493 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm + 1 postcard

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Marquand Library - Remote Storage (ReCAP): Marquand Library Use OnlyTR659.8 .G7395 2021 Browse related items Request

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    Between 1897 and 1903 James Reuel Smith rode around Manhattan and the Bronx on his bicycle with a camera and a tripod and documented the springs and wells that were disappearing as the city grew and as Croton water reached more residents. He left money in his will for the New-York Historical Society to publish a book of the work which they did in 1938. Stanley revisited every site in the book on foot or by bicycle between 2016 and 2020. ?Springs and Wells? combines the photography of Stanley Greenberg with all the original photography and complete original texts by James Reuel Smith.
    Notes
    Chiefly illustrated.
    Other title(s)
    Manhattan and the Bronx
    Other editions
    Revision of: Smith, James Reuel, 1852-1935. Springs and wells of Manhattan and the Bronx, New York City, at the end of the nineteenth century. New York : The New York Historical Society, 1938
    ISBN
    • 9490119962
    • 9789490119966
    OCLC
    1255466465
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