Baltimore, Maryland, 1869 – 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.)
Description
This rare antique map captures Baltimore, Maryland, 1869 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: E. Sachse, & Co.'s bird's eye view of the city of Baltimore, 1869
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Baltimore, Maryland, 1869
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Baltimore in 1869 was a port city of roughly a quarter million people, and its wharves, warehouses, and rail yards still drove most of its economy. Canning houses and oyster packing had grown into major local industries, shipping oysters, vegetables, and canned goods to markets across the country. The city was also building its civic life: the Peabody Institute had opened its library and concert hall on Mount Vernon Place a few years earlier, and the Druid Hill Park grounds were being laid out on the city's northwest edge as a place for residents to walk and ride. Baltimoreans of that decade would have known their city as a crowded, commercial harbor town with strong cultural ambitions, still working out its place after the war.
| Created / published | 1869 |
|---|---|
| Creator | e. sachse & co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Baltimore, Maryland, drawn in 1869. 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--Maryland |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 19,904 × 9,568 px · prints to 66 × 32 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | E. Sachse, & Co.'s bird's eye view of the city of Baltimore, 1869 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489103 |
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