Helena, Montana, 1883 – 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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This rare antique map captures Helena, Montana, 1883 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: 1883 bird's eye view of Helena, Montana. The capitol of Montana and county seat of Lewis and Clarke Co
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Helena, Montana, 1883
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In 1883 Helena was the territorial capital of Montana and the center of a mining region whose gold and silver had built its downtown. That year the Northern Pacific Railroad pushed its transcontinental line across the territory, and Helena's merchants and bankers watched closely, since rail freight would decide whether the city kept its role as the main supply point for the mining camps. Along Last Chance Gulch, the main street that ran through the town, brick commercial blocks were replacing the frame buildings of the early camp, a sign that residents expected the town to stay. Those who lived there knew Helena as the seat of territorial government, a place of lawyers, newspapermen, and mine owners, and a city still deciding how large it would become.
| Created / published | 1883 |
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| Creator | beck & pauli, stoner, j. j. |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Helena, Montana, drawn in 1883. 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--Montana |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,400 × 5,104 px · prints to 28 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | 1883 bird's eye view of Helena, Montana. The capitol of Montana and county seat of Lewis and Clarke Co |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489497 |
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