IL Urbana 1869 MAP – 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 IL Urbana 1869 MAP. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of the city of Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois 1869
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IL Urbana 1869 MAP
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Urbana, the county seat of Champaign County in east-central Illinois, is the subject of this bird's-eye view from 1869, drawn just as the Illinois Industrial University was getting started on the town's edge. The university, founded under the federal Morrill Land-Grant Act of 1862, opened in 1868 and became a major force in Urbana's growth. Albert Ruger, who drew the view for the Chicago Lithographing Company, produced many such panoramic maps of Midwestern towns in the late 1860s and 1870s, typically drawn from an imagined high vantage point so streets, houses and businesses could be read at a glance. Look for the railroad lines, which shaped where the town expanded.
| Created / published | 1869 |
|---|---|
| Creator | ruger, a., chicago lithographing co |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 3,564 × 2,814 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of the city of Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois 1869 |
| Reference | IL-Urbana-1869 |
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