Bristol, Vermont, 1889 – Historic Map Reproduction
(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 Bristol, Vermont, 1889. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Bristol, Vt
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Bristol, Vermont, 1889
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Bristol, Vermont, sits in Addison County at the foot of the Green Mountains, where Lewis Creek runs down toward the Champlain Valley. In 1889 the town's economy rested mainly on farming, with dairying gaining ground as the wool-sheep boom of earlier decades faded. Many Vermont towns lost residents in these years as young people left for the cities and the farms of the Midwest, and village life centered on the church, the school, the general store, and the town meeting that still settled local business each March. Mill sites along the creek and the rail connections that served the wider valley shaped where people worked and where new buildings went. Residents of 1889 would have known Bristol as a quiet, working community tied to the seasons and the hills around it.
| Created / published | 1889 |
|---|---|
| Creator | norris, george e., burleigh lith |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Bristol, Vermont, drawn in 1889. 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--Vermont |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,384 × 5,128 px · prints to 28 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bristol, Vt |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-491233 |
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