NY-Brooklyn-1908 – 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.)
Description
This antique map of NY-Brooklyn-1908 brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: [Bird's-eye-view of Brooklyn]
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NY-Brooklyn-1908
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This bird's-eye panoramic map shows Brooklyn as it looked in 1908, when the borough had been part of Greater New York for about ten years. Brooklyn had been an independent city until 1898, and it was still growing fast, with rows of houses, factories, and waterfront piers spreading across the western end of Long Island. Panoramic maps like this one were drawn in perspective, as if seen from a high vantage point, so buildings and streets appear in three dimensions. The format made it possible to show a whole city in a single view, which was useful to residents, businesses, and visitors trying to get their bearings.
| Created / published | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Creator | august r. ohman & co |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 3,303 × 3,484 px · prints to 11 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | [Bird's-eye-view of Brooklyn] |
| Reference | NY-Brooklyn-1908 |
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