KY Frankfort 1871 MAP – 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.)
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A window into the past: KY Frankfort 1871 MAP, preserved in this antique map. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of the city of Frankfort, the capital of Kentucky 1871
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KY Frankfort 1871 MAP
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Frankfort, the state capital of Kentucky, sits in a narrow valley along the Kentucky River, and this 1871 bird's-eye panorama shows the town from an elevated viewpoint that makes that setting easy to read. The view was drawn by A. Ruger and printed by the Cincinnati firm Ehrgott & Krebs, lithographers who produced many such city views in the decades after the Civil War. Maps like this were commissioned by civic boosters and sold to residents, who used them to see their town as a growing, orderly place. The Kentucky State Capitol, completed in the late 1820s, is among the buildings worth looking for.
| Created / published | 1871 |
|---|---|
| Creator | ehrgott & krebs lith, ruger, a. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 3,888 × 3,496 px · prints to 13 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of the city of Frankfort, the capital of Kentucky 1871 |
| Reference | KY-Frankfort-1871 |
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