Minneapolis 1, Minnesota, 1891 – Historic Map Reproduction
(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 Minneapolis 1, Minnesota, 1891 brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Birds eye view of the city of Minneapolis, Minn
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Minneapolis 1, Minnesota, 1891
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In 1891 Minneapolis was the flour-milling center of the upper Mississippi, with waterpower from St. Anthony Falls turning mill wheels along the riverbanks. Lumber cut in the northern pineries came downriver to sawmills on the same shores, and grain elevators and rail yards crowded the flats near the water. The 1890 census counted nearly 165,000 residents, and the city competed hard with neighboring St. Paul for railroads, trade and state influence. People called it the Flour City, and the stone arch bridge across the river, completed in 1883 for James J. Hill's railroad, was a source of local pride.
| Created / published | 1891 |
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| Creator | smith, andrew m., pezolt, f. (frank) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Minneapolis 1, Minnesota, drawn in 1891. 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--Minnesota |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 6,384 × 4,576 px · prints to 21 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Birds eye view of the city of Minneapolis, Minn |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489296 |
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