Great Bend, Kansas, 1882 – Antique Map Print
(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.)
Description
Step back in time with Great Bend, Kansas, 1882, an antique map rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Great Bend, Kansas, 1882
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Great Bend, Kansas, sits on the Arkansas River where the stream makes its sharp bend, and by 1882 the town depended heavily on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, which had reached it in 1872. Trains carried grain and livestock out of the region and brought in lumber, machinery and settlers moving onto the surrounding prairie. As the seat of Barton County, the town drew farmers and ranchers to its courthouse, stores and land offices from across the valley. People living there knew it as a railroad stop on the dry plains, where river water, a growing grain trade and a steady stream of newcomers shaped everyday life. This view shows the town's street layout at a moment when the surrounding country was still being settled.
| Created / published | 1882 |
|---|---|
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Great Bend, Kansas, drawn in 1882. Bird's-eye view maps were drawn by travelling artists who walked a town street by street, sketching every building from an imagined vantage point in the air, then sold the finished lithograph door to door by subscription. Roughly five thousand American towns were recorded this way between the 1860s and the 1920s, and for many of them the panoramic map is the most complete picture of the place that survives. Reproduced from the original in the Library of Congress collections. Printed to order on archival paper. Free shipping on all US orders. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Kansas |
| Source | Library of Congress |
| Original scan | 4,865 × 3,177 px · prints to 16 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488796 |
More from the Panoramic Maps collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
