Moline, Illinois, 1873 – 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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Moline, Illinois, 1873 comes to life in this antique map, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Panorama of Moline, Ill. as seen from the island of Rock Island, Ill
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Moline, Illinois, 1873
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In 1873 Moline, Illinois, was a river manufacturing town of several thousand people on the Mississippi's Illinois shore, opposite the Rock Island Arsenal, a federal post established on the island in 1862. Many of its foundry and implement workers were Swedish and German immigrants, and their Lutheran congregations were among the town's growing institutions. Residents knew the Mississippi bridge at Rock Island, completed in 1856, as the link that tied their factories to Iowa and the rail lines beyond. That September, the national financial panic began to strain manufacturers who had expanded during the postwar boom.
| Created / published | 1873 |
|---|---|
| Creator | hageboeck, august |
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Illinois |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,000 × 2,624 px · prints to 27 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Panorama of Moline, Ill. as seen from the island of Rock Island, Ill |
| Reference | IL-Moline-1873 |
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