WI Ashland 1886 MAP – 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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A window into the past: WI Ashland 1886 MAP, preserved in this antique map. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: A bird's eye view of the city of Ashland, Wis., county seat of Ashland County 1886
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WI Ashland 1886 MAP
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Ashland sits on Chequamegon Bay along the south shore of Lake Superior, and this 1886 bird's-eye view captures it during its years as a busy lumber port. Henry Wellge, a Milwaukee lithographer, drew the town from an elevated oblique angle, so docks, mill yards, church spires and street grids all appear at once in a way a surveyor's plat could not show. Railroads and lumber money were transforming the bay in the 1880s, and town views like this were often bought by residents and boosters who wanted to see their community laid out in full. The waterfront is worth a close look, where the mills and rail lines crowd the shore.
| Created / published | 1886 |
|---|---|
| Creator | wellge, h. (henry), norris, wellge & co, beck & pauli |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 5,368 × 2,984 px · prints to 18 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | A bird's eye view of the city of Ashland, Wis., county seat of Ashland County 1886 |
| Reference | WI-Ashland-1886 |
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