Object Details
Designer
Michael Hertz Associates, New York, New York, USA
Client
Metropolitan Transit Authority, New York, New York, USA
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Vertical format New York City subway transit map depicting subway lines throughout the borroughs of Manhattan, The Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn. At lower left, detail of the southern tip of Manhattan and the westernmost edge of Brooklyn. Dark blue surrounding border, at left printed with white letters A through L, at bottom printed with white numbers 1 through 10. Legend contained within white rectangle at upper right. Rivers and bays indicated in light blue, parks indicated in green.
Credit Line
Gift of Unknown Donor
Date
1978
Accession Number
1987-24-1
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Poster
Type
Poster
Medium
Offset lithograph on white wove paper
Dimensions
70.5 × 57.8 cm (27 3/4 × 22 3/4 in.)
made in
USA
place depicted
New York, NY, USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1987-24-1