North Billerica, Massachusetts, 1887 – 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.)
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This rare antique map captures North Billerica, Massachusetts, 1887 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: North Billerica, Mass. 1887
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North Billerica, Massachusetts, 1887
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In 1887, North Billerica was a mill village on the Concord River in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, where waterpower from the river drove the textile works that gave the community its working character. The Boston and Lowell Railroad ran through the town, linking its mills and workers to Lowell, a few miles south, and to Boston, which set the pace of commerce and daily travel. Mill families, many of them recent immigrants from Ireland and French Canada, lived in company housing and in streets of closely built wooden houses near the factory yards. Local life centered on the churches, schools, and social clubs of the village, and on the mill whistle that marked the working day. The town's street plan and its water-powered industry are what the map records most clearly.
| Created / published | 1887 |
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| Creator | burleigh, l. r., burleigh litho |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of North Billerica, 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 | 7,920 × 4,640 px · prints to 26 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | North Billerica, Mass. 1887 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488940 |
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