Baltimore, Maryland, 1880 – 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 Baltimore, Maryland, 1880, an antique map rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: The city of Baltimore City, Md. in 1880 View from Washington Monument looking south
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Baltimore, Maryland, 1880
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Baltimore in 1880 held roughly 330,000 people, which made it one of the largest cities in the country. Much of the downtown had been rebuilt after a great fire in 1873 destroyed many blocks near the harbor, and new brick commercial buildings now stood where that loss had been. Oystering and the canning of Chesapeake seafood remained among the city's most visible trades, with boats and packing houses crowding the waterfront. Johns Hopkins University had opened in 1876 with funds from the merchant whose name it bore, adding a new kind of learning to a city known mainly for shipping and rail. Residents would have recognized their town by its harbor, its brick rowhouses, and the freight traffic moving through the Baltimore and Ohio's yards.
| Created / published | 1880 |
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| Creator | a. sachse & co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Baltimore, Maryland, drawn in 1880. 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--Maryland |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 7,880 × 6,008 px · prints to 26 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | The city of Baltimore City, Md. in 1880 View from Washington Monument looking south |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489104 |
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