Hyde & Company (later E. Belcher Hyde Map Company) was the main publisher of maps and atlases on Long Island from 1880 to 1920, which they issued in various formats, from folding maps to larger atlases.\u00a0 They produced detailed maps for the fire insurance industry that were updated on an annual basis based on surveys by Hyde employees. The degree of detail and specificity of these maps allowed the insurance companies to estimate the liability of certain properties because they showed every structure in an area, its building materials and size, its function, and other pertinent information about the street and surroundings.\u00a0 The company also published maps and atlases, including road maps, from the late 19th century and well into the 20th century, of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the New York Metropolitan area.\u00a0 Their major competitors in the publication of Long Island maps were F.W. Beers, G.W. Bromley & Co. and Chester Wolverton.<\/p>\n
Full title:\u00a0Map of\u00a0Long Island Based Upon Recent\u00a0U.S.\u00a0Coast Surveys, Together with Local Maps on File.\u00a0 Supplemented by Careful Territorial Observations.<\/strong><\/p>\n Full publication information: \u201cPublished by Hyde & Company, 97 Liberty Street, Junct. of Fulton [Street], Brooklyn, N.Y.\u00a0 2nd Edition. July 1897.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cBalliet & Volk, Map Engravers, 27 So. 6th St. Phila, Pa.\u201d<\/p>\n Condition:\u00a0 Generally very good with the usual overall light toning, wear, soiling, soft creases, cockling.\u00a0 Four maps, originally folded and backed on linen now restored as flattened and re-backed on linen by a professional paper conservator.\u00a0 Some light toning, wear, abrasions along original folds and intersections, restored as above.\u00a0 Offered as four rolled maps to be framed as a set.<\/p>\n References:<\/p>\n Allen, David Yelling.\u00a0\u00a0Long Island Maps and Their Makers.<\/em>\u00a0 Mattituck, N.Y.: Amerion House, 1997.\u00a0 pp. 97-98.<\/p>\n Wright, Artis Q. \u201cNavigating the Library’s New York City Maps.\u201d New York Public Library. <\/em>https:\/\/www.nypl.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/14\/nypl-new-york-city-maps (3 September 2020).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Balliet & Volk, Philadelphia (engravers) Set of four very large maps that together show Long Island in great detail, from Brooklyn to the Hamptons and Montauk.\u00a0 These maps were produced prior to the establishment of Nassau County in 1899.\u00a0 They contain detailed information of interest to property owners, the insurance industry and government agencies, such as different markings for \u201cfairly good roads,\u201d \u201cmacadamized and good roads,\u201d \u201cpoor roads,\u201d and \u201cprivate roads.\u201d\u00a0 Also depicted are churches, schoolhouses, hotels, houses labeled with the names of the homeowners, waterworks, lighthouses, life saving stations, railroads and rail stations.\u00a0 Incorporated villages, new settlements, and the border with New York City are outlined.\u00a0 Along the coastal areas, marshy areas are indicated, and the waterways are printed with detailed low tide soundings.<\/p>\n Product description continues below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20222,"template":"","meta":{"wds_primary_product_brand":0,"wds_primary_product_cat":0,"footnotes":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[4175,4227,6944,6763,6764],"product_tag":[42,7060,7639,549,1730,1737,656,538,5631,541,7062],"class_list":{"0":"post-20221","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-beach-house","7":"product_cat-corporate-gifts-decor","8":"product_cat-dining-room","9":"product_cat-new-york-state-long-island","10":"product_cat-wall-maps","11":"product_tag-19th-century","12":"product_tag-antique-map","13":"product_tag-balliet","14":"product_tag-cartography","15":"product_tag-hamptons","16":"product_tag-hyde","17":"product_tag-long-island","18":"product_tag-map","19":"product_tag-montauk","20":"product_tag-new-york","21":"product_tag-wall-map","22":"post","23":"post-with-thumbnail","24":"post-with-thumbnail-large","26":"first","27":"instock","28":"purchasable","29":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/20221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/20221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44908,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/20221\/revisions\/44908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=20221"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=20221"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=20221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMap of Long Island<\/strong>
\nHyde & Company, Brooklyn, New York: 1897 (2nd edition)
\nLithograph, printed in color
\nFirst and second maps: 36.5 x 34 inches, image; 37.5 x 36.25 inches, overall
\nThird map: 23.75 x 24.5 inches, image; 25.75 x 36.25 inches, overall
\nFourth map: 15.25 x 34 inches image, 17.25 x 36.25 inches overall
\n$5,750, set of four maps<\/p>\n