Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1868 – Historic Map Reproduction
(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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Ypsilanti, 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: Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Michigan
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Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1868
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Ypsilanti, Michigan, in 1868 was a river town of mills and classrooms on the Huron River in Washtenaw County. The river's waterpower had drawn flour and manufacturing works to its banks, and the Michigan Central Railroad carried freight and passengers through town on its line between Detroit and Chicago. The State Normal School, which opened in 1852 to train teachers, gave the community much of its character, and students and faculty mingled with the farm families and tradesmen of the surrounding county. Residents knew Ypsilanti as a college town as much as a mill town, and its name honored Demetrios Ypsilantis, a Greek leader in his country's struggle for independence.
| Created / published | 1868 |
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| Creator | ruger, a., chicago lithographing co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Ypsilanti, 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 | 8,896 × 6,928 px · prints to 30 × 23 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Michigan |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489222 |
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