Bird's-eye map of Elmira, N.Y., 1901 – 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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Bird's-eye map of Elmira, N.Y., 1901 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: Elmira, N.Y. 1901
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Bird's-eye map of Elmira, N.Y., 1901
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Elmira, in the Chemung River valley of south-central New York, is shown here from an angled, bird's-eye vantage that lets viewers see its streets, rooftops, and rail lines at once. Maps like this were drawn to sell civic pride as much as to inform, and in 1901 Elmira was a busy manufacturing and railroad town. The mapmakers, Landis & Alsop, worked in the panoramic style that was popular in American towns from the late 1800s into the early 1900s. Its detail on individual buildings and streets makes it useful for studying the town's layout at the turn of the century.
| Created / published | 1901 |
|---|---|
| Creator | landis & alsop |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 4,612 × 3,226 px · prints to 15 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Elmira, N.Y. 1901 |
| Reference | NY-Elmira-1901 |
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