OR Salem 1876 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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OR Salem 1876 MAP comes to life in this antique map, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. 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 Salem, Oregon 1876
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This 1876 bird's-eye view shows Salem, Oregon, from an angle that lets the viewer take in the whole town at once, with its streets, buildings, and the Willamette River laid out below. Salem had been the seat of government since 1855, when the territorial legislature chose it as the capital, so the map captures a young town that was growing into its role as the center of state affairs. Panoramic views like this one were a popular way for Victorian-era publishers to document American cities, and A.L. Bancroft & Company's work from this period, drawn with surveys by F.A. Smith and E.S. Glover, offers a detailed record of how the town looked a generation after its founding.
| Created / published | 1876 |
|---|---|
| Creator | a.l. bancroft & company, smith, f. a., glover, e. s. (eli sheldon) |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 4,520 × 3,184 px · prints to 15 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of Salem, Oregon 1876 |
| Reference | OR-Salem-1876 |
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