MA Edgartown 1886 – 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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Few images capture their era like this antique map of MA Edgartown 1886. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Edgartown, Duke's County, Martha's Vineyard Id., Mass
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MA Edgartown 1886
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Edgartown, on the eastern end of Martha's Vineyard, appears here in a bird's-eye panorama, the angled perspective that Boston firms such as George H. Walker & Co. favored for showing a whole town at a glance. By 1886 the village had long since passed its peak as one of New England's leading whaling ports, when its harbor sent ships to distant seas and its merchants built the substantial houses that still line its streets. The map captures the town near the close of that era, with its harbor, streets and principal buildings drawn in close detail.
| Created / published | 1886 |
|---|---|
| Creator | geo. h. walker & co |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 956 × 600 px |
| Library of Congress title | Edgartown, Duke's County, Martha's Vineyard Id., Mass |
| Reference | MA-Edgartown-1886 |
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