AL Montgomery 1887 MAP – 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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AL Montgomery 1887 MAP comes to life in this antique map, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Perspective map of Montgomery, State capital of Alabama
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AL Montgomery 1887 MAP
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Montgomery, Alabama, takes center stage in this 1887 bird's-eye view, one of the panoramic city maps that Henry Wellge and his firm drew in the late nineteenth century to show urban growth in precise detail. Montgomery had been the capital of Alabama since 1846 and was a busy river and rail hub by the 1880s, and the panorama captures its streets, public buildings and developing business district from an elevated angle. Wellge's panoramas were prized by civic boosters and insurers alike, so the map doubles as a record of how the city presented itself at the time.
| Created / published | 1887 |
|---|---|
| Creator | henry wellge & co, wellge, h. (henry), beck & pauli |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 5,043 × 3,370 px · prints to 17 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Perspective map of Montgomery, State capital of Alabama |
| Reference | AL-Montgomery-1887 |
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