Watertown, Wisconsin, 1885 – 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 rare antique map captures Watertown, Wisconsin, 1885 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: The city of Watertown, Wis. Dodge & Jefferson counties 1885
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Watertown, Wisconsin, 1885
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Watertown, Wisconsin, in 1885 was a Rock River town in Jefferson County whose fortunes still rested on the river's water power and on the surrounding farms. Through the 1880s, Wisconsin's agriculture was shifting toward dairying, and towns like Watertown served as trading points where farm produce moved out by wagon and rail. The town's population still included many families of German descent, whose churches, schools, and societies gave everyday life much of its character. Residents of the period would have known Watertown as a practical, growing market town, with mills along the river and a downtown that depended on the farm trade around it.
| Created / published | 1885 |
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| Creator | wellge, h. (henry), norris, wellge & co, beck & pauli |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Watertown, Wisconsin, drawn in 1885. 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--Wisconsin |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 10,240 × 6,912 px · prints to 34 × 23 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | The city of Watertown, Wis. Dodge & Jefferson counties 1885 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-491421 |
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