Washington, D.C., 1883 – 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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A window into the past: Washington, D.C., 1883, preserved in this antique map. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: The national capital, Washington City, D.C.
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Washington, D.C., 1883
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Washington in 1883 was still a government town, but its federal workforce was changing. In January, Congress passed the Pendleton Act, which introduced merit examinations for some clerkships and weakened the patronage system that had filled offices after every election. Across Judiciary Square, the Pension Office began a large new building in 1882 to house the records of Civil War veterans and their dependents. The Washington Monument's shaft was climbing again after years of stalled work, rising above the young trees of the Mall. Residents knew the capital by its payrolls, its horsecar lines, and its slow, uneven street improvements.
| Created / published | 1883 |
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| Creator | a. sachse & co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Washington, Washington DC, drawn in 1883. 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--Washington DC |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 7,416 × 9,420 px · prints to 25 × 31 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | The national capital, Washington City, D.C. |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488210 |
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