Bird's-eye view of the City of Chester, Pennsylvania, 1885 – 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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A window into the past: Bird's-eye view of the City of Chester, Pennsylvania, 1885, preserved in this antique map. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: The city of Chester, Pennsylvania 1885
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Bird's-eye view of the City of Chester, Pennsylvania, 1885
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A bird's-eye panorama of Chester, Pennsylvania, drawn in 1885, shows a river town on the Delaware as it looked to an observer hovering above its streets. The view was produced by O. H. Bailey & Co., a firm that specialized in lithographed panoramic city maps during the late nineteenth century, when such views were a popular way to present growing American towns to residents and investors. Chester, which had long served as a shipping and manufacturing center along the river, was in the middle of that industrial growth, and the perspective makes its streets, rail lines and waterfront easy to trace.
| Created / published | 1885 |
|---|---|
| Creator | o.h. bailey & co |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 4,664 × 3,744 px · prints to 16 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | The city of Chester, Pennsylvania 1885 |
| Reference | PA-Chester-1885 |
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