'City of Buffalo', 1872. View of Buffalo, New York State, USA, showing tree-lined avenues, open spaces, and Lake Erie in the distance. Joseph Ellicott was responsible for the urban planning and layout, and Frederick Law Olmsted designed its extensive system of parks. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872]