Walla Walla, Washington, 1876 – 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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This antique map of Walla Walla, Washington, 1876 brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of Walla Walla, Washington Territory 1876
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Walla Walla, Washington, 1876
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Walla Walla in 1876 was a farming and freighting center in the Walla Walla Valley of Washington Territory, where wheat and livestock were hauled toward the Columbia River. A rail line to the river landing at Wallula had opened the previous year, giving local merchants a faster route to market than the wagon roads that had long carried goods inland. The town was also home to Whitman Seminary, founded in 1859 and later renamed Whitman College, and to Fort Walla Walla, a military post that had shaped its early growth. Residents knew it as the seat of Walla Walla County and a stop on the Mullan Road, the military route to the Idaho mining districts.
| Created / published | 1876 |
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| Creator | a.l. bancroft & company, glover, e. s. (eli sheldon), everts & able |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Walla Walla, Washington, drawn in 1876. 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--Washington |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,936 × 5,784 px · prints to 30 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of Walla Walla, Washington Territory 1876 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-491304 |
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