Akron, Ohio, 1882 – 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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Step back in time with Akron, Ohio, 1882, an antique map rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Sixth ward of Akron, formerly Middlebury, Summit Co., Ohio 1882
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Akron, Ohio, 1882
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Akron, Ohio, in 1882 was a county seat of about 16,500 people, and its economy still rested on grain, flour milling, and the Ohio and Erie Canal that ran through town. Railroads had by then taken much of the freight that canal boats once carried, and rail yards and depots were reshaping the streets near the business district. Buchtel College, founded in 1870 by the Universalist Church, gave the city a small school of higher learning, and its presence drew students and church families into the town's social life. Residents of the period would have described Akron as a busy milling and manufacturing town on the rail lines of northeastern Ohio, with its courthouse, churches, and shops clustered around the center.
| Created / published | 1882 |
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| Creator | ruger & stoner, beck & pauli, ruger, a. |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Akron, Ohio, drawn in 1882. 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 | 5,520 × 3,992 px · prints to 18 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Sixth ward of Akron, formerly Middlebury, Summit Co., Ohio 1882 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-490255 |
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