MI Albion 1868 MAP – Vintage Map Wall Art
(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: MI Albion 1868 MAP, 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: Birds eye view of the city of Albion, Calhoun Co., Michigan
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MI Albion 1868 MAP
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Albion's view is distinguished by its college, since Albion College, founded in 1835 as a Methodist seminary, is one of the institutions the town's bird's-eye layout highlights. Albert Ruger, who drew many town views for the Chicago Lithographing Company, worked in an era when these maps served as civic portraits and promotional pieces, presenting a town as an orderly arrangement of streets, churches and businesses. Printed in 1868, the map captures Albion in the years after the Civil War, when railroads were linking small Michigan towns to wider markets. Note how buildings are drawn in profile while the streets recede toward a vantage point high above the town.
| Created / published | 1868 |
|---|---|
| Creator | ruger, a., chicago lithographing co |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 4,368 × 3,312 px · prints to 15 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Birds eye view of the city of Albion, Calhoun Co., Michigan |
| Reference | MI-Albion-1868 |
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