KY Louisville 1876 MAP – Historic Map Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This antique map of KY Louisville 1876 MAP brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of Louisville, Kentucky 1876
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KY Louisville 1876 MAP
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Louisville sits on a bend of the Ohio River, and this 1876 panorama shows the city from an elevated oblique angle, so the river, the street grid, and the rooftops appear together in one view. The map was drawn by Albert Ruger and printed by Chicago Lithographing Co. for Charles Shober & Co., a firm that issued many city panoramas in the 1870s and 1880s. Such maps were sold to local residents and businesses, who liked seeing their own neighborhoods rendered in fine detail. Its date places it in the Centennial year, when American cities were eager to present their growth and industry to the public.
| Created / published | 1876 |
|---|---|
| Creator | chicago lithographing co, charles shober & co, ruger, a. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 4,152 × 3,120 px · prints to 14 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of Louisville, Kentucky 1876 |
| Reference | KY-Louisville-1876 |
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