Gorham, New Hampshire, 1888 – 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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A window into the past: Gorham, New Hampshire, 1888, preserved in this antique map. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Gorham, N.H. 1888
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Gorham, New Hampshire, 1888
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Gorham, New Hampshire, in 1888 sat at the northern edge of the White Mountains, where the Peabody River joins the Androscoggin, and its economy rested on the railroad, the lumber trade, and summer visitors. The Portland and Ogdensburg line had reached the village in 1875, making Gorham a busy junction where trains carried timber, farm goods, and travelers bound for the mountain hotels. Sawmills and woodworking shops along the river employed men from the surrounding farms, and the village streets held stores, boarding houses, and churches that served them. Tourists heading up toward Mount Washington and the Glen House passed through town on their way, so residents knew Gorham as the gateway to the Presidential Range. The map records that mix of rail yards, mills, and hotel grounds as it stood in that busy decade.
| Created / published | 1888 |
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| Creator | norris, george e., burleigh litho |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Gorham, New Hampshire, drawn in 1888. 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--New Hampshire |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,224 × 6,400 px · prints to 27 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Gorham, N.H. 1888 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489644 |
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