Map, New York City, Pictorial, Arthur Crosby Service, Vintage Print, 1928

Arthur Crosby Service (designers)
Chase National Bank (issued for)
Pictorial Map of New York City Compliments of The Chase National Bank of the City of New York
Arthur Crosby Service, New York: 1928
Color-process print
13.25 x 26.75 inches, overall
$975. The one shown here is sold, however, periodically we have others in stock, please inquire as to availability.

Advertising pictorial map of New York City filled with small, detailed illustrations of major buildings, landmarks and attractions. The map was created by the Arthur Crosby Service, an advertising firm; this version was specially produced for Chase National Bank, with the Chase headquarters and branches colored red. A key to “Points of Interest” identifies the locations of 90 houses of worship, attractions, universities, parks, theaters, institutions and commercial buildings. Also noted on the map are the locations of “Famous Fifth Avenue Residences” belonging to prominent citizens such as Warburg, Gould, Whitney and Guggenheimer. The cartouche lists all the Chase bank branches and their addresses. The cartography shows streets and avenues in white, some overprinted with solid and dashed light blue lines and circles, presumably indicating mass transit routes and stops. Some neighborhoods are also labeled in light blue lettering. Piers are numbered. Among the interesting period details, the “Points of Interest” key includes “Ghetto,” whose map coordinates coincide with the Lower East Side neighborhood where there was a high concentration of Jewish immigrants. There are also ships in the rivers and harbors, including the ocean liner USS Leviathan, docked in the Hudson River. Present-day Roosevelt Island is labeled by its earlier name, Welfare Island.

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