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Prospectuses.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Prospectus of the Forest City Improvement Association, of Ithaca, New York

 Collection — Manuscript box 30 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065246070]
Identifier: 1001m
Scope and content

Prospectus advertising land known as the Cook Farm, on East Hill, which is to be divided into lots and sold. The prospectus includes a description of Ithaca as a town of 14,000 people, served by 3 railroads and a streetcar system, with 3 opera houses, among other features. The prospectus contains a map of the land to be sold, lying north of East State Street and east of downtown Ithaca.

Dates: circa 1880-1894.

Publisher's advertising collection

 Collection — Folder 20 in Box: [Barcode: 31924070576891]
Identifier: 8751
Content Description

Prospectuses, lists of new publications, and other advertisements issued by publishers. Includes a prospectus for the Journal of speculative philosophy (circa 1867), a list of new books and new editions from Macmillan and Co. (January 1872), and an advertisement for the Penny cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (circa 1833).

Dates: 1833 - 1872