Houston, Texas, 1891 Bird's Eye View Map – Historic Map Reproduction
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Description
Houston, Texas, 1891 Bird's Eye View Map comes to life in this antique map, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Houston, Texas, 1891 Bird's Eye View Map
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Houston's 1891 bird's eye view is a panoramic map drawn as if seen from a high vantage point looking down on the city, a format that was especially popular in the late nineteenth century. Maps of this type were typically built from careful surveys and then rendered by artists so that streets, rail lines, and major buildings appeared in recognizable detail. By 1891 Houston was a growing railroad and commercial hub, and a view like this captured a city eager to show off its expansion. It remains a useful window onto how the town's layout and key landmarks looked at the close of the 1800s.
| Created / published | 1891 |
|---|---|
| Original scan | 1,800 × 1,121 px · prints to 6 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | TX Houston 1891 |
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