Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1882 – Antique Map Print
(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 Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1882 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: Panoramic bird's eye view of Colorado Springs, Colorado City and Manitou, Colo. 1882
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1882
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Colorado Springs in 1882 was barely a decade old, laid out in 1871 by William Jackson Palmer with broad streets and a clear view of Pikes Peak. The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad reached it that same year, and the town drew invalids and health seekers who came for the dry, high air, so boarding houses and lodgings were among its most common businesses. Colorado College had opened on the town's edge in 1874, and churches, schools and a growing row of brick business blocks gave the place a settled, genteel character. Residents often measured themselves against nearby Manitou Springs, whose mineral springs drew many of the same visitors up the canyon. Mining and ranching in the surrounding county mattered less to the town's self-image than its reputation as a resort for the sick and the well-to-do.
| Created / published | 1882 |
|---|---|
| Creator | stoner, j. j., beck & pauli |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Colorado Springs, Colorado, drawn in 1882. 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--Colorado |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,336 × 5,344 px · prints to 28 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Panoramic bird's eye view of Colorado Springs, Colorado City and Manitou, Colo. 1882 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488053 |
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