Omaha, Nebraska, 1868 – 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 Omaha, Nebraska, 1868. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of the city of Omaha, Nebraska 1868
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Omaha, Nebraska, 1868
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Omaha in 1868 was the largest city in Nebraska, barely a year after the territory entered the Union as a state in March 1867. The town sat on bluffs above the Missouri River, where steamboats unloaded freight and emigrants outfitted themselves before heading onto the plains. Union Pacific crews had broken ground in Omaha in 1863, and the railroad's eastern terminus made the city a center for construction supplies, workers, and freight as track was laid westward toward the meeting with the Central Pacific. Merchants, grain and livestock dealers, and railroad offices drove local commerce and politics, and residents of the day would have known Omaha as the gateway to the West.
| Created / published | 1868 |
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| Creator | ruger, a., chicago lithographing co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Omaha, Nebraska, drawn in 1868. 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--Nebraska |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,896 × 7,024 px · prints to 30 × 23 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of the city of Omaha, Nebraska 1868 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489597 |
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