Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, 1864 – 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.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique map of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, 1864. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, burned by rebel cavalry July 30th 1864
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Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, 1864
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Chambersburg, the seat of Franklin County in south-central Pennsylvania, was a market town of brick and frame houses in 1864, serving farmers of the Cumberland Valley and the shopkeepers along its main streets. The Cumberland Valley Railroad linked the town to Harrisburg and the Potomac, and its economy rested on grain, livestock, and goods moved by wagon and rail. That same summer the war reached its streets, and on July 30, 1864, Confederate cavalry under John McCausland set fire to much of the business district after the town could not pay a ransom demanded in its place. The burning destroyed hundreds of buildings and left many families homeless, and residents spent the following years rebuilding their downtown.
| Created / published | 1864 |
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| Creator | moyer, james b., fowler, t. m. (thaddeus mortimer) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, drawn in 1864. 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--Pennsylvania |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 10,368 × 6,192 px · prints to 35 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, burned by rebel cavalry July 30th 1864 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-490512 |
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