10. A Pictorial Description of Broadway

  • Pictorial Description of Broadway
    Image Courtesy of Charles Agvent
  • Pictorial Description of Broadway
    Image Courtesy of Charles Agvent
  • Pictorial Description of Broadway
    Image Courtesy of Charles Agvent

We love to see items connected to the history of New York City, and this item from Charles Agvent gives us an exciting glimpse into the past. Pictured above are pages from A Pictorial Description of Broadway by the Mail & Express from 1899. This first edition folio contains 74 colored pages measuring 17 by 6 inches, covered with images of Broadway from Steamship Row and Bowling Green all the way up to 59th Street. This book, on sale at the New York Antiquarian book fair, offers a rare block-by-block survey of turn-of-the-century New York City.

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