{"product_id":"old-map-of-bronxville-new-york-by-usgs-1947-larchmont-pelham-pelham-manor","title":"Old Map of Bronxville, New York by USGS, 1947 – Larchmont, Pelham \u0026 Pelham Manor","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1947, the US Geological Survey’s “Mt Vernon” presents a meticulous mid-century portrait of southern Westchester County and adjoining Long Island Sound communities at the authoritative 1:24,000 scale. Centered on the urban and suburban geography around Mount Vernon, the map encompasses Bronxville, Larchmont, Pelham, and Pelham Manor, capturing a landscape where commuter towns, parkland, waterways, and transportation corridors are tightly interwoven. Its original title is spare and direct, in the classic USGS manner, yet the sheet itself is rich with information: streets and railways trace the region’s built framework, while contours reveal the subtle hills and valleys beneath the expanding metropolitan fabric. As a 1947 document, it preserves the area at a revealing postwar moment, before later waves of development further reshaped the suburbs north of New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe US Geological Survey brought to this map the disciplined visual language that made its quadrangles indispensable to planners, engineers, hikers, historians, and local governments. Contour lines are the map’s quiet architecture, describing elevation and relief with precision across a terrain often experienced today through roads and neighborhoods rather than topography. The vibrant USGS palette distinguishes urban settlement, wooded or open areas, water bodies, and transportation routes with exceptional clarity, allowing the viewer to read both human and natural systems at once. Unlike purely road-focused maps, this topographical sheet invites a deeper understanding of place: the lie of the land, the drainage patterns, the slopes underlying residential districts, and the relationship between established communities and the remaining green spaces that punctuate the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBronxville appears as one of the map’s most evocative suburban communities, its compact street network set amid the rolling terrain characteristic of lower Westchester. By 1947, Bronxville had long been associated with commuter rail access, leafy residential planning, and proximity to New York City, and the map’s depiction of railways and roads helps explain its enduring identity as a refined village linked to the metropolis yet distinct from it. Nearby Pelham and Pelham Manor are similarly rendered as settled but spatially nuanced places, with neighborhood streets, parks, and water features arranged across a landscape of modest elevation changes. The topography gives these communities texture, revealing how development adapted to ridges, lowlands, and older routes rather than erasing them entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo the east, Larchmont and the coastal margins introduce a different character, shaped by Long Island Sound, inlets, ponds, and low-lying waterside terrain. The map records the relationship between suburban settlement and maritime geography, a defining feature of this stretch of Westchester. Fort Slocum, historically situated on Davids Island off New Rochelle, adds a military note to the landscape, recalling the region’s strategic and institutional roles as well as its residential appeal. Parks and green spaces appear as essential counterpoints to the dense tracery of streets, suggesting how recreation, conservation, and civic planning were already embedded in the suburban fabric. The various lakes, ponds, and waterways also make the map especially rewarding, offering a hydrological reading of an area often known primarily through its towns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a historical artifact, “Mt Vernon” is valuable for the comparisons it enables: between 1947 and the present, between prewar suburban patterns and postwar expansion, and between natural landforms and the infrastructure laid across them. Its roads, railways, neighborhoods, parks, and contour lines together form a layered record of a region in transition, poised between established suburban elegance and the accelerating growth of the mid-twentieth century. For collectors, the map offers more than geographical utility; it is a finely organized snapshot of place, rendered with the authority and restraint of the USGS tradition. Its appeal lies in the way it transforms familiar names—Bronxville, Larchmont, Pelham, Pelham Manor—into a richly legible terrain of history, movement, elevation, and memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBronxville\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLarchmont\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePelham\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePelham Manor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFort Slocum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVarious lakes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNumerous streets and roads\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eParks and green spaces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWater bodies, including rivers and ponds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotable infrastructure such as railways\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical 1:24,000 topographical map titled \u003cstrong\u003e“Mt Vernon”\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduced by the \u003cstrong\u003eUS Geological Survey (USGS)\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDated 1947, with USGS records listing 1947 as the publication year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo separate imprint year is specified\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses contour lines to show elevation and relief\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDepicts both urban development and natural landscape features in a clear, vibrant USGS style\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows hills, valleys, populated areas, and the blend of natural and developed environments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eServes as a mid-20th century record useful for comparing urban and environmental changes since 1947\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLooking for a particular place?\u003c\/strong\u003e Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/de\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eask our workshop to check before you order\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDetailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please \u003ca href=\"\/de\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the 18x24in (45x60cm) version of this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/de\/pages\/map-personalisation\"\u003eSee personalised map examples\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery piece is printed to museum-grade archival standards using fade-resistant pigment inks on acid-free matte paper. Choose an unframed map print, framed map or canvas using the finish options above. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith its rich detail and strong sense of place, this map makes a considered gift for a new home, anniversary, retirement or anyone with a personal connection to the area shown. Still deciding? 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