West Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1894 – Historic Map Reproduction
(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 West Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1894 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: West Bethlehem, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
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West Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1894
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In 1894, West Bethlehem was a separate borough on the west bank of the Lehigh River, across from the older Moravian town of Bethlehem and the industrial district of South Bethlehem. The valley's economy ran on iron, steel, and rail. The nearby Bethlehem Iron Company was one of the largest employers in the region, and its furnaces and rolling mills along the river drew workers and their families to the neighboring boroughs. The Lehigh Valley Railroad and the Lehigh Canal carried coal and freight through the valley, while Lehigh University, in South Bethlehem, gave the area a college presence. Residents of the time would have known the three boroughs as parts of one connected community, a place shaped by the mills and by a long religious and craft heritage, before the boroughs were later merged into a single city.
| Created / published | 1894 |
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| Creator | moyer, james b., fowler, t. m. (thaddeus mortimer) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of West Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, drawn in 1894. 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--Pennsylvania |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 7,520 × 5,352 px · prints to 25 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | West Bethlehem, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-490674 |
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