Birds eye view of New Richmond, Wisconsin, 1912 – 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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A window into the past: Birds eye view of New Richmond, Wisconsin, 1912, preserved in this historic image. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Birds eye view of New Richmond, Wis.
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Birds eye view of New Richmond, Wisconsin, 1912
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New Richmond, a small lumber and agricultural town in St. Croix County, western Wisconsin, stood at a busy point in 1912. The region's white pine had been cut heavily over the preceding decades, and the town's sawmills and related woodworking shops had shaped its growth since the 1870s, when the Wisconsin Central line and other rail connections brought settlers and goods into the valley. By 1912 farming in the surrounding countryside, dairy and grain especially, had grown in importance as the timber supply dwindled. Residents of the period would have known New Richmond as a county seat-adjacent community of churches, schools, commercial blocks, and rail yards, with the St. Croix River and its tributaries close at hand.
| Created / published | 1912 |
|---|---|
| Creator | hansen photo co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Wisconsin |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,118 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Birds eye view of New Richmond, Wis. |
| Reference | WI 1912e Birds eye view of New Richmond |
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