Port Arthur, Texas, 1912 – 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 antique map of Port Arthur, Texas, 1912 brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: City and harbor of Port Arthur, Texas birds eye view looking south to the Gulf of Mexico
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Port Arthur, Texas, 1912
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Port Arthur, Texas, in 1912 was a young port on Sabine Lake, laid out in the mid-1890s by Arthur Stilwell as the terminus of his Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad. Its prospects rested on dock and channel works and on the oil boom centered at nearby Spindletop after 1901, which brought a refinery to the town and drew workers from across the region. The Board of Trade commissioned this view to win investors and newcomers, so the streets, wharves, rail lines and new houses it shows were meant to signal a city on the rise. Residents knew it as a railroad and refining town at the edge of the Gulf, still finding its shape.
| Created / published | 1912 |
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| Creator | port arthur board of trade, glover, e. s. (eli sheldon) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Port Arthur, Texas, drawn in 1912. 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--Texas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 11,504 × 5,008 px · prints to 38 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | City and harbor of Port Arthur, Texas birds eye view looking south to the Gulf of Mexico |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-490927 |
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