Denison, Texas, 1886 – 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 Denison, Texas, 1886 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: Denison, Texas, Grayson County 1886
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Denison, Texas, 1886
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Denison, Texas, in 1886 was a young railroad town on the Red River, the state's northern edge, where the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad had laid its track only about a decade and a half earlier. The Katy's arrival drew merchants, cotton buyers, and laborers, and the town grew quickly on the strength of rail traffic and the cotton and grain moving through its depot. Its rail yards and repair shops were a major source of local employment, and the company's presence gave Denison a reputation as a lively, sometimes rough, stop on the line between Texas and points north. Residents of the time would have known it as a crossroads of trade and travel, with its fortunes tied closely to the railroad.
| Created / published | 1886 |
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| Creator | norris, wellge & co, beck & pauli |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Denison, Texas, drawn in 1886. 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--Texas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,776 × 6,080 px · prints to 29 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Denison, Texas, Grayson County 1886 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-490918 |
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