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Title: Treat's illustrated New York, Philadelphia and surroundings
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Treat, E. B. (Erastus Buck), 1838-1928 Durst, Seymour B., 1913- former owner. NNC
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Publisher: New York, E.B. Treat
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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New Orleans Times. Spatially a business journal, but also a highlyvalued and exceedingly welcome visitor to theleisurely evening companionship of the family,the ladies ami children, and the home circle.âPhiladelphia Ledger. Nothing is to be found in its columns thatwould exclude it from the most refined familycirtie.âPittsburg Post. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION TO THE EVENING POST, »AIfiY .... $9.00SEMI-WEEKLY - - $3.00 WEEKLY - - - $1.50 These terms include the postage, which willbe paid by the publishers. LiDeral offer of Premiums. Favorable Terms to Clubs. JSP* Send for Specimen Copy. ^J£§ Persons who are not residing permanently inone place, may have the Evkning Post served bycarrier in New York and adjacent cities, or sentIk mail to any place in the United States or Can-ada, for seventy-five cents a month, which includespos a«;e. The address will be changed as often asrequired. Wm. C. BRYANT & Co., Publishers, BROADWAY, Cor. FULTON ST. NEW YORK CITY. 42 ILUSTKATKI) XKW YORK
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Ocean Steamer leaving the Port of New York. There are sixteen transatlantic steamship lines plying between New York and the variousports of Europe, the more popular companies employing twelve and fifteen first-class steamersof 3.000 tons burden and upwardâfloating palaces, with every convenience and comfort. Theaverage first-class passenger fare is about $100, second-class and steerage as low as $30Average running time, nine days- AND PHILADELPHIA. 43 Lakes in Central Park. These charming lakes, fed by somesmall springs, but supplied mainly byCroton water, cover in the aggregate over43 acres. The Pond, near Fifty-ninth-street, between FiftK and Sixth Avenues,covers over 4 acres. The Lake, be-tween Seventy-second and Seventy-eighthstreets, covers over 20 acres, and is 53 feetabove tide. The Harlem Lake covers12 acres, and is 11 feet above tide. The Loci) is 24 feet above tide, and coversover one acre. The u Conservatory, nearFifth Avenue and Seventy-lifth-strect,covers 2£ acres, and

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