Ashland, Wisconsin, 1886 – Vintage Map Wall Art
(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 Ashland, Wisconsin, 1886 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: A bird's eye view of the city of Ashland, Wis., county seat of Ashland County 1886
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Ashland, Wisconsin, 1886
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Ashland, Wisconsin, in 1886 was a lumber and shipping town on the south shore of Chequamegon Bay, on Lake Superior. Sawmills and lumber yards lined the waterfront, and the rail lines that reached the town in the mid-1880s carried lumber out and brought in workers, supplies, and new settlers. Iron ore from the Gogebic Range to the west was beginning to move through the region, a development that would soon reshape the harbor with ore docks. Many of the men who worked the mills and docks were immigrants from Scandinavia and Germany, and the churches, schools, and commercial blocks on this map reflected a community still growing quickly.
| Created / published | 1886 |
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| Creator | wellge, h. (henry), norris, wellge & co, beck & pauli |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Ashland, Wisconsin, drawn in 1886. 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--Wisconsin |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 10,736 × 5,968 px · prints to 36 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | A bird's eye view of the city of Ashland, Wis., county seat of Ashland County 1886 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-491374 |
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