Edmond, Oklahoma, 1891 – 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 Edmond, Oklahoma, 1891 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Edmond, Oklahoma Territory, 1891
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Edmond, Oklahoma, 1891
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Edmond, Oklahoma Territory, in 1891 was a town only two years old, founded when the Santa Fe Railway's line brought settlers onto land opened by the Land Run of April 1889. The railroad named the stop for Edmond Burdick, a company official, and the town's economy rested on it, as farmers shipped wheat, cotton and cattle out by rail and merchants supplied the homesteads around them. Residents were still building the civic life of a new frontier town. The territorial legislature's decision to place a normal school for training teachers in Edmond was the period's most significant development, and it would shape the town's identity for generations.
| Created / published | 1891 |
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| Creator | moyer, james b., fowler, t. m. (thaddeus mortimer) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Edmond, Oklahoma, drawn in 1891. 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--Oklahoma |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 6,304 × 3,776 px · prints to 21 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Edmond, Oklahoma Territory, 1891 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-490402 |
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