North Leominster, Massachusetts, 1887 – 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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A window into the past: North Leominster, Massachusetts, 1887, preserved in this antique map. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: North Leominster, Mass
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North Leominster, Massachusetts, 1887
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North Leominster, a village in the town of Leominster in Worcester County, Massachusetts, was drawn in 1887, a period when the surrounding town was known across New England for its comb factories. Leominster had long worked wood, and by the 1880s its shops and mills were turning out combs and related goods that were sold well beyond the state. The village's fortunes were tied to the railroad that ran through the town, which carried raw materials in and finished goods out, and to the mill workers and shopkeepers who lived close to the factories. Residents in 1887 would have recognized the map first by its churches, schoolhouses, and the commercial blocks along the main road, and they would have known the place as a working community rather than a resort or a farm town. Its streets, lots, and buildings are preserved in the drawing as they stood at that moment.
| Created / published | 1887 |
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| Creator | burleigh, l. r., burleigh litho |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of North Leominster, Massachusetts, drawn in 1887. 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--Massachusetts |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 6,672 × 3,792 px · prints to 22 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | North Leominster, Mass |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488942 |
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