Hallowell, Maine, 1878 – Vintage Map Wall Art
(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 Hallowell, Maine, 1878 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 the city of Hallowell, Kennebec Co., Maine 1878
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Hallowell, Maine, 1878
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Hallowell, Maine, sits on the east bank of the Kennebec River just below Augusta, the state capital, and by 1878 it was a working river town whose fortunes rested on the water and on the granite beneath it. Quarries on the outskirts supplied stone for buildings and public works, and schooners and sloops carried cargo up and down the Kennebec, tying the town to coastal trade. Its streets, churches, and brick commercial blocks were home to merchants, mill and quarry hands, and families who had lived in the Kennebec valley for generations. Residents of the period would have known Hallowell as a neighbor of the capital and a place where the river's traffic and the quarry's output shaped daily life.
| Created / published | 1878 |
|---|---|
| Creator | ruger, a., stoner, j. j. |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Hallowell, Maine, drawn in 1878. 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--Maine |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,240 × 4,592 px · prints to 27 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of the city of Hallowell, Kennebec Co., Maine 1878 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489143 |
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