L'Enfant 3, Washington DC – Historic Map Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with L'Enfant 3, Washington DC, an antique map rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
L'Enfant 3, Washington DC
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Washington, D.C., rests on the street grid Pierre L'Enfant drew in 1791, when the federal city was still mostly fields and marsh along the Potomac. Its diagonal avenues were meant to link the Capitol, the White House, and the outlying squares, but for decades the plan far outran the buildings. Congress first met in the unfinished Capitol in 1800, and the city's growth stayed slow until the Civil War brought government clerks, soldiers, and freed people into town in large numbers. By the 1870s and 1880s, paved streets, new sewers, and the completed Washington Monument were turning L'Enfant's on-paper city into the capital residents recognized from maps like this one.
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Washington DC |
| Original scan | 9,556 × 6,276 px · prints to 32 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | L'Enfant 3 |
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