AL Birmingham 1885 MAP – Antique Wall Map
(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 rare antique map captures AL Birmingham 1885 MAP in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Birmingham, Alabama
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AL Birmingham 1885 MAP
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Few American towns grew as quickly in the 1880s as Birmingham, Alabama, which had been laid out only in 1871 beside rail lines and near deposits of coal, iron ore, and limestone. This bird's-eye panorama, dated 1885, shows the young industrial city from an imagined height above its streets, with the furnaces and smokestacks that earned it the nickname "Magic City." The view was drawn by Henry Wellge and published by Norris, Wellge & Co., a firm known for detailed panoramic town maps of the period. It offers a record of how a boomtown chose to present itself to investors and newcomers.
| Created / published | 1885 |
|---|---|
| Creator | norris, wellge & co, wellge, h. (henry), beck & pauli |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 4,523 × 3,105 px · prints to 15 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Birmingham, Alabama |
| Reference | AL-Birmingham-1885 |
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