Souderton, Pennsylvania, 1894 – 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 Souderton, Pennsylvania, 1894 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Souderton, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 1894
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Souderton, Pennsylvania, 1894
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Souderton, a borough in Montgomery County in southeastern Pennsylvania, was a farm trade center in 1894, serving the surrounding Mennonite and German-speaking farm families of the upper Perkiomen valley. Its economy rested on agriculture, along with the small shops, mills, and local businesses that handled grain, produce, and dairy goods moving through the village. The country was in the grip of the Panic of 1893, and many residents of towns like this one felt the slump in lower wages, slow sales, and worried bank accounts. Souderton had been incorporated as a borough only in the late 1880s, so the map captures a community still settling into its new civic life, with churches, schools, and streets that its residents would have recognized as the heart of their home.
| 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 Souderton, 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 | 6,608 × 5,040 px · prints to 22 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Souderton, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 1894 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-490652 |
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