Map of the City of Washington in the District of Columbia, 1873 pavements – Antique Wall Map
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Few images capture their era like this antique map of Map of the City of Washington in the District of Columbia, 1873 pavements. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Map of the City of Washington in the District of Columbia, 1873 pavements
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Few maps from the 1870s record the city's streets as closely as this one, which charts the paving materials used across Washington in 1873. That year the city was in the middle of a large public works program, led by the Board of Public Works under Alexander Shepherd, that graded streets, laid sidewalks, and paved roads that had long been mud or dust. The map's notation of pavement types shows which streets had been upgraded and which remained unimproved, a useful detail when comparing it with earlier city plans.
| Original scan | 9,622 × 7,622 px · prints to 32 × 25 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | ct001355 |
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