Marshall, Michigan, 1868 – 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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Marshall, Michigan, 1868 comes to life in this antique map, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Birds eye view of the city of Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan
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Marshall, Michigan, 1868
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Marshall, Michigan, in 1868 was the seat of Calhoun County, a farming and milling town on the Kalamazoo River in the south-central part of the state. The Michigan Central Railroad ran through it, linking the town to Detroit and Chicago and drawing grain, lumber, and manufactured goods into its depots and warehouses. Mills, foundries, and wagon and carriage shops along the river gave the town its working character, and its brick commercial blocks and courthouse square were the center of county politics and trade. Residents who lived through the Civil War were only a few years removed from the troops and volunteer regiments that had left from the town, and the postwar years brought new churches, schools, and houses to the streets shown in the view.
| Created / published | 1868 |
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| Creator | ruger, a., chicago lithographing co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Marshall, Michigan, drawn in 1868. 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--Michigan |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,816 × 6,640 px · prints to 29 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Birds eye view of the city of Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489205 |
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