Foxborough, Massachusetts, 1879 – 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 antique map of Foxborough, Massachusetts, 1879 brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Foxborough, Mass. 1879
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Foxborough, Massachusetts, 1879
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Foxborough, Massachusetts, in 1879 was a small farming and mill town in Norfolk County, roughly twenty miles southwest of Boston. Its streams powered local mills, and the Boston and Providence Railroad, which had run through the town since the 1830s, carried its passengers and freight. Like many towns in eastern Massachusetts, Foxborough was tied to the wider shoe and manufacturing economy of the region, while many households still kept gardens, livestock, and close connections to the churches and town meeting that governed local affairs. The view shows a community organized around its common, its main streets, and the rail line that linked it to larger markets.
| Created / published | 1879 |
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| Creator | bailey, o. h. (oakley hoopes), hazen, j. c. |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Foxborough, Massachusetts, drawn in 1879. 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--Massachusetts |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,272 × 6,320 px · prints to 28 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Foxborough, Mass. 1879 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488904 |
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