Red Wing, Minnesota, 1880 – Vintage Map Wall Art
(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 rare antique map captures Red Wing, Minnesota, 1880 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Panoramic view of the city of Red Wing, Goddhue [sic] Co., Minnesota, 1880
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Red Wing, Minnesota, 1880
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Red Wing, Minnesota, in 1880 was a river town with a double economy. Wheat and flour from the farms of the Minnesota River country and the Cannon River valley still moved through its elevators and mills, and the Mississippi carried those goods south in season. By the late 1870s, stoneware potteries had also taken root in town, drawing on clay beds near the river, so the local workforce was no longer tied only to the grain trade. Barn Bluff rose above the streets as the town's most familiar landmark, and families who lived below it would have measured their lives by the steamboat whistles at the landing and the rhythm of the harvest. The streets laid out in this view show a community that had grown beyond its first riverfront wharves.
| Created / published | 1880 |
|---|---|
| Creator | shober & carqueville |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Red Wing, Minnesota, drawn in 1880. 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--Minnesota |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 7,974 × 5,514 px · prints to 27 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Panoramic view of the city of Red Wing, Goddhue [sic] Co., Minnesota, 1880 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489310 |
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