Alexandria, Virginia, 1890 – 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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Step back in time with Alexandria, Virginia, 1890, an antique map rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Perspective view of northwest Alexandria : showing location with reference to cities of Washington & Alexandria
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Alexandria, Virginia, 1890
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Alexandria, Virginia, in 1890 was a Potomac River town of roughly 14,000 people, still living off the river trade that had built it. Its wharves handled coal, grain, and lumber moving between the Virginia interior and Chesapeake markets, and the railroads that reached the waterfront tied its warehouses to the wider South. King Street, which ran from the river up to the old market square, served as the commercial spine, lined with merchants, banks, and shops. Residents also took pride in the town's colonial past, pointing to Christ Church, where George Washington had worshipped, and to Gadsby's Tavern, where he had danced at balls. Across the river, Washington was growing into a federal capital, and Alexandria's future was increasingly bound to that larger city.
| Created / published | 1890 |
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| Creator | gorman, a. m. (alexander m.), gedney & roberts |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Alexandria, Virginia, drawn in 1890. 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--Virginia |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,960 × 5,704 px · prints to 30 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Perspective view of northwest Alexandria : showing location with reference to cities of Washington & Alexandria |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-491136 |
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