Peterborough, New Hampshire, 1886 – 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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A window into the past: Peterborough, New Hampshire, 1886, preserved in this antique map. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Peterborough, N.H. 1886
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Peterborough, New Hampshire, 1886
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Peterborough, New Hampshire, in 1886 was a small mill town in the Monadnock region, where water-powered textile and manufacturing works lined the brooks and employed many of the families living along the streets shown here. Its neighbor Mount Monadnock drew summer visitors who boarded in farmhouses and inns, so the town's seasons ran partly on the arrival of city guests. The town was also known for its public library, which had opened in 1883 and was among the earliest tax-supported public libraries in the country. Rail service linked the village to the wider New England network, bringing goods, mail, and travelers into a community that still depended heavily on farming and local trade. Residents of that decade would have recognized the place by its churches, its village common, and the mills and factories along the water.
| Created / published | 1886 |
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| Creator | burleigh, l. r., burleigh litho |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Peterborough, New Hampshire, drawn in 1886. 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--New Hampshire |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,304 × 5,376 px · prints to 28 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Peterborough, N.H. 1886 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489659 |
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