Wauwatose, Wisconsin, 1892 – 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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Few images capture their era like this antique map of Wauwatose, Wisconsin, 1892. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Wauwatosa and the western suburbs of Milwaukee 1892
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Wauwatose, Wisconsin, 1892
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Wauwatose, Wisconsin, in 1892 was a village on the western edge of Milwaukee, and it was changing from farmland into a place where city workers could live. Streetcar lines running out from Milwaukee made commuting practical, so families built homes along the main roads while market gardens and orchards still covered much of the open ground. The county's public institutions, including the Milwaukee County asylum, drew attention and jobs to the area. Local people knew Wauwatose as a quiet, leafy neighbor to the big brewing and manufacturing city beside it, and it was still deciding how much of its character as a farm town it would keep. Within a few years, the village would become a city, a step that reflected how fast its population was growing.
| Created / published | 1892 |
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| Creator | marr & richards engraving co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Wauwatose, Wisconsin, 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--Wisconsin |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 9,424 × 6,288 px · prints to 31 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Wauwatosa and the western suburbs of Milwaukee 1892 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-491425 |
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