Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1891 – 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.)
Description
Step back in time with Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1891, an antique map rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of Minneapolis, Minn
Order it framed and ready to hang, or unframed to match a frame you already love. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1891
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Minneapolis in 1891 was a city of roughly 165,000 people, having grown faster than nearly any place in the upper Midwest over the previous two decades. Its residents lived in two distinct worlds: the mills and warehouses along the river, where most working people earned their wages, and the residential avenues climbing the bluffs to the south and west, where lumber fortunes and wholesale merchants built large houses. Electric streetcars were replacing horse-drawn cars on the busiest lines, and new blocks of brick and stone were pushing outward from the central business district in every direction. For the people living there, the city was a place of rapid change, where a family's address could tell you a good deal about its income and its origins.
| Created / published | 1891 |
|---|---|
| Creator | smith, andrew m., pezolt, f. (frank), christoph (e.g.) lith. co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Minneapolis, Minnesota, drawn in 1891. 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--Minnesota |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 13,147 × 9,344 px · prints to 44 × 31 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of Minneapolis, Minn |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489301 |
More from the Panoramic Maps collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
