Kent, Ohio, 1882 – 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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Step back in time with Kent, Ohio, 1882, an antique map rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Panoramic view of the city of Kent, Portage County, Ohio 1882
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Kent, Ohio, 1882
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Kent, Ohio, in 1882 was a small river town in Portage County, where the Cuyahoga River powered mills and the railroad brought in freight and passengers. Its economy rested on grain milling, woodworking, and trade with surrounding farms, and the rail line tied the town to Cleveland and other markets. The town's schooling drew attention beyond its borders, since a normal school on the edge of the business district trained teachers for classrooms across the region. Residents of the time would have known Kent for its mills, its church spires and commercial blocks, and its steady, modest growth after the Civil War. The map records those streets and buildings as they stood that year, before later expansion reshaped the town.
| Created / published | 1882 |
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| Creator | beck & pauli, ruger & stoner, stoner, j. j., ruger, a. |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Kent, Ohio, drawn in 1882. 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--Ohio |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,400 × 5,632 px · prints to 28 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Panoramic view of the city of Kent, Portage County, Ohio 1882 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-490277 |
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