King''s Handbook of New York City: An Outline History and Description of the American Metropolis With Over One Thousand Illustrations From Photographs Made Expressly for This Work (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from King''s Handbook of New York City: An Outline History and Description of the American Metropolis With Over One Thousand Illustrations From Photographs Made Expressly for This Work<br><br>In the second edition the revisions and additions were made by Mr. Sweetser and the undersigned with the cooperation of more than people who have kindly made revisions or substitutes for the parts in which they had direct interest. Historical works newspapers special reports and hundreds of other sources of information too numerous to permit of specific acknowledgment have been utilized.<br><br>The illustrations are almost wholly from specially-made photographs upwards of negatives having been made by Arthur Chiar who has shown remarkable skill in photographing exceedingly difficult subjects. Some photographs were made by Frank E. Parshley john S. Johnston C. C. Langill and others. The designs for the cover linings and the series of bird''s-eye views were made by the new-york Photogravure Company the President of which is Ernest Edwards.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.