Washington, D.C., 1892 – 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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This antique map of Washington, D.C., 1892 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: The City of Washington Birds-Eye view from the Potomac-looking North
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Washington, D.C., 1892
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Washington in 1892 was a city of roughly 230,000 people, still shaped by the federal payroll even as its population spread beyond the old center. Benjamin Harrison occupied the White House that year, and in November voters chose Grover Cleveland to return to the presidency, sending a fresh wave of office seekers and anxious clerks through the departments. Across First Street from the Capitol, workmen were raising the new Library of Congress building, begun in 1890 and still years from completion. The four-hundredth anniversary of Columbus's voyage that October brought patriotic observances to the capital, which residents would remember as a season of flags, speeches and public gatherings.
| Created / published | 1892 |
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| Creator | currier & ives |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Washington, Washington DC, drawn in 1892. 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--Washington DC |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 10,155 × 7,105 px · prints to 34 × 24 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | The City of Washington Birds-Eye view from the Potomac-looking North |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488213 |
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