View of Madison, Indiana, 1866 – Vintage 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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A window into the past: View of Madison, Indiana, 1866, preserved in this historic image. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: View of Madison, Ind.
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View of Madison, Indiana, 1866
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Madison, Indiana, sat on a bend of the Ohio River in 1866, a little more than a year after the Civil War ended. For decades the town had lived by river commerce, with steamboats carrying pork, grain, and manufactured goods up and down the Ohio, and its waterfront was the center of that trade. The Madison and Indianapolis Railroad, completed in the 1840s, climbed the steep hills behind town by an incline and linked the river to the state capital, bringing new traffic to a community that was still finding its place as railroads spread. Local residents in the postwar years would have known Madison for its hillside brick houses, its churches and schools, and its busy riverfront, and they were adjusting to a changed economy as rail routes began to draw trade away from the river.
| Created / published | 1866 |
|---|---|
| Creator | gorgas & mulvey |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Indiana |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 2,226 px · prints to 18 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | View of Madison, Ind. |
| Reference | IN View of Madison, 1866 |
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