I believe Dover Books had just such a title about New York harbor in the
sixties or seventies.

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> From:         Walter Lewis[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:         Monday, January 25, 1999 11:03 AM
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> David Minor wrote:
> >
> > For photographs of NY harbor in 1847 you might want to check out the web
> > sites of the Museum of the City of New York and of The New-York
> Historical
> > Society.
>
> 1847 in *very* early for outdoor photography but I have distinct
> recollections of seeing a volume specifically of very early images of
> New York City (published in 1970s?) which included a number of harbour
> photographs.  My recollection was that the earliest images dated from
> around 1852-4.
>
> You might also want to look at the Library of Congress American Memory
> site.  It includes a collection of panoramic maps.  The earliest one of
> NYC dates from the mid-1850s and is particularly rich in harbour
> details.
>
> Walter Lewis
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