Cairo, Illinois, 1888 – 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 Cairo, Illinois, 1888 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: Perspective map of the city of Cairo, Ill. 1888
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Cairo, Illinois, 1888
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Cairo, Illinois, in 1888 was a river town whose fortunes rested on the lumber trade. Sawmills and lumber yards along the Ohio and Mississippi shipped hardwood logs and finished boards north and south by steamboat, and the work drew rivermen, mill hands, and dock laborers to the point of land. The town's population was growing toward the roughly 11,000 residents it counted by 1890. Its streets were laid out on a regular grid running up from the levee, and the lots and buildings drawn on this map show the commercial blocks, churches, and homes that housed that growing population. Residents knew Cairo as the southernmost town of Illinois and as a place where two great rivers met.
| Created / published | 1888 |
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| Creator | wellge, h. (henry), henry wellge & co, beck & pauli |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Cairo, Illinois, 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--Illinois |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 10,560 × 6,784 px · prints to 35 × 23 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Perspective map of the city of Cairo, Ill. 1888 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488560 |
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