Elyria, Ohio, 1868 – Antique Wall Map
(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 Elyria, Ohio, 1868 in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of the town of Elyria, Lorain Co., Ohio 1868
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Elyria, Ohio, 1868
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Elyria, Ohio, in 1868 was the county seat of Lorain County, a farm town built along the Black River about thirty miles west of Cleveland. Founded by Heman Ely in 1817, it had grown on the strength of its mills and the river's water power, and by the late 1860s its streets were lined with shops, churches, and the brick and frame houses of farmers, merchants, and tradesmen. The Civil War had ended only a few years before, and the town's residents, like many across northern Ohio, were still absorbing its losses and its political debates. Oberlin College, a short distance to the southwest, drew students and reformers whose antislavery views were well known throughout the region. Elyria's people would have known their town first as a place of mills, courthouse business, and rail connections that carried grain and goods out of the county.
| Created / published | 1868 |
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| Creator | chicago lithographing co, ruger, a. |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Elyria, Ohio, 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--Ohio |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,128 × 6,544 px · prints to 27 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of the town of Elyria, Lorain Co., Ohio 1868 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-490274 |
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