Pontiac, Michigan, 1867 – 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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Pontiac, Michigan, 1867 comes to life in this antique map, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan 1867
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Pontiac, Michigan, 1867
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Pontiac, Michigan, in 1867 was the county seat of Oakland County, a town of mills and shops along the Clinton River about 25 miles northwest of Detroit. Two years after the Civil War ended, its economy rested on river-powered mills and a growing number of wagon and carriage works, and the railroad that connected it to Detroit had brought in farm produce and new residents. Local life centered on the courthouse square, churches, and the commercial blocks around it. A resident of that year would have known Pontiac as a farm-trade town that was steadily becoming an industrial one, with its name borrowed from the Ottawa leader who had once been a powerful figure in the region.
| Created / published | 1867 |
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| Creator | ruger, a., chicago lithographing co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Pontiac, Michigan, drawn in 1867. 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 | 9,072 × 6,992 px · prints to 30 × 23 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan 1867 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489213 |
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