Springfield, Massachusetts, 1875 – 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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This antique map of Springfield, Massachusetts, 1875 brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: View of Springfield, Mass. 1875
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Springfield, Massachusetts, 1875
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Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1875 was a Connecticut River city whose economy leaned heavily on firearms and insurance. The federal armory on the city's east side had been producing muskets for generations, and the rifle adopted by the Army in 1873 kept its machine shops busy. Smith & Wesson and Milton Bradley also had works in town, while Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance drew clerks and agents to its offices downtown. The Boston and Albany line ran through the city and made it a freight and passenger junction. Residents would have known Springfield first as an armory town and second as a commercial center.
| Created / published | 1875 |
|---|---|
| Creator | o.h. bailey & co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Springfield, Massachusetts, drawn in 1875. 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--Massachusetts |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 11,216 × 8,400 px · prints to 37 × 28 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | View of Springfield, Mass. 1875 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488957 |
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