Hudson, Michigan, 1868 – Vintage Map Wall Art
(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.)
Description
This rare antique map captures Hudson, Michigan, 1868 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Hudson, Lenawee Co., Michigan 1868
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Hudson, Michigan, 1868
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Hudson, a village in Lenawee County in south-central Michigan near the Ohio line, was in 1868 a small community whose fortunes rested on the surrounding farmland. The county was known for wheat, corn, and livestock, and the grain and produce that farmers brought to town supported its shops, mills, and trade. Railroads had reached this part of the state by the late 1850s and 1860s, linking local farms to eastern and midwestern markets and making rail connections central to village life. Residents of 1868 would have known Hudson as a quiet farm town still recovering from the expansion of the Civil War years, with churches, schools, and local lodges at the center of its social life.
| Created / published | 1868 |
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| Creator | ruger, a., chicago lithographing co, glover, e. s. (eli sheldon) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Hudson, Michigan, drawn in 1868. 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--Michigan |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 7,808 × 6,320 px · prints to 26 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Hudson, Lenawee Co., Michigan 1868 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489195 |
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