East Syracuse, New York, 1885 – 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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East Syracuse, New York, 1885 comes to life in this antique map, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: East Syracuse, N.Y.
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East Syracuse, New York, 1885
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East Syracuse, New York, in 1885 sat on the eastern edge of Syracuse in Onondaga County, where its fortunes were tied to the city's railroads, canal trade, and factories. By the 1880s Syracuse had grown from a salt-making center into a manufacturing city, with salt works, foundries, and implement makers drawing workers from surrounding farms and from immigrant families arriving from Ireland, Germany, and Italy. The Solvay Process Company, established in 1881 nearby, was beginning to produce soda ash on a scale that would reshape regional chemical manufacturing. Residents would have known the area for its rail lines, its road links to the city center, and the farms and market gardens that supplied Syracuse's growing population.
| Created / published | 1885 |
|---|---|
| Creator | c.h. vogt & son, burleigh, l. r. |
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--New York |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,080 × 4,288 px · prints to 27 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | East Syracuse, N.Y. |
| Reference | NY EastSyracuse 1885 |
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