Warsaw, New York, 1885 – 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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A window into the past: Warsaw, New York, 1885, preserved in this antique map. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Warsaw, N.Y.
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Warsaw, New York, 1885
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Warsaw, New York, the county seat of Wyoming County in the western part of the state, was in 1885 a farm-trading village set along Oatka Creek in the rolling country south of Batavia. Its economy rested on the surrounding dairy, grain, and livestock farms, which sent their produce to market through local merchants, mills, and the rail connections that tied the county to larger centers. The courthouse, the county offices, and the lawyers, merchants, and officials who worked around the square gave the village its civic life, and residents would have known it chiefly as the seat of county government. Churches, lodges, schools, and the yearly rhythms of the agricultural calendar shaped daily life, and the village's streets and business blocks reflected a community that had grown steadily since the county was organized in the 1840s.
| Created / published | 1885 |
|---|---|
| Creator | beck & pauli, burleigh, l. r. |
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--New York |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,912 × 4,832 px · prints to 30 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Warsaw, N.Y. |
| Reference | NY Warsaw 1885 |
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