Denver, Colorado, 1889 – Antique Map Print
(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.)
Description
This rare antique map captures Denver, Colorado, 1889 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Perspective map of the city of Denver, Colo. 1889
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Denver, Colorado, 1889
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Denver in 1889 was growing toward the roughly 100,000 people counted in the 1890 census, and its streets were filling with new houses on the prairie beyond the old downtown. Horsecar lines carried shoppers and clerks along Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, while wholesale houses near Wazee and Blake streets shipped groceries, dry goods, and mining supplies to camps in the mountains. Mining fortunes from the western slope and the San Juan country passed through Denver's banks and brokerage offices, and civic boosters pressed for more water works, parks, and rail connections. Residents then called their city the Queen City of the Plains, a name that reflected how much of the region's trade moved through its depots.
| Created / published | 1889 |
|---|---|
| Creator | american publishing co. (milwaukee, wis.), wellge, h. (henry) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Denver, Colorado, drawn in 1889. 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--Colorado |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 13,025 × 8,357 px · prints to 43 × 28 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Perspective map of the city of Denver, Colo. 1889 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488059 |
More from the Panoramic Maps collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
