#antique map

KEEP INSURED: Homestead Fire Insurance Company issued this Map of New York City as a promotional piece in the 1860s or ‘70s under the slogan “Keep Insured.” The hand-colored lithograph wall map shows Manhattan from the Battery to the northern end of Central Park, along with a section of Brooklyn and Roosevelt Island. The map is decorated with engravings of the company’s Nassau Street headquarters and a small illustration of firefighters putting out a blaze. Tell us you saw it here and get a 20% discount! More here: https://georgeglazer.com/maps/newyorkmaps/homestead.html

STRANGERS’ GUIDE: This bird’s-eye view of Manhattan was issued as a pocket map in 1879, with a “Strangers’ Guide to New York” printed on the back. Clipper ships and other vessels sail the waters or are docked at slips. The Brooklyn Bridge features prominently lower right, with horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians crossing it.