Winthrop, Massachusetts, 1894 – 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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This antique map of Winthrop, Massachusetts, 1894 brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Winthrop, Mass
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Winthrop, Massachusetts, 1894
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Winthrop, Massachusetts, in 1894 was a small seaside town on a narrow peninsula jutting into Boston Harbor, separated from the mainland by water and marsh. Its economy leaned on the shore: summer cottages and hotels drew Boston families seeking sea air, while year-round residents worked in fishing, boatbuilding, and service trades tied to the harbor. The town had been set off from Chelsea in 1852 and was growing steadily as rail and street-car lines brought day-trippers and summer residents from the city. The shoreline, beaches, and cottage lots that the map records were what most residents of the period would have named first when they described their town.
| Created / published | 1894 |
|---|---|
| Creator | poole, a. f. |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Winthrop, Massachusetts, drawn in 1894. 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--Massachusetts |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 7,808 × 5,376 px · prints to 26 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Winthrop, Mass |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488969 |
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