Princeton, Illinois, 1870 – Antique Map Print
(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 Princeton, Illinois, 1870, an antique map rich in period detail. 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 Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois 1870
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Princeton, Illinois, 1870
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Princeton, the county seat of Bureau County in north central Illinois, sat in 1870 at the edge of some of the richest prairie farmland in the state. Its economy rested on grain, livestock, and the trade that moved them, and railroads had made the town a shipping point for corn and wheat bound for Chicago. Residents also remembered Owen Lovejoy, the antislavery congressman who had lived in Princeton and died in office in 1864, and his name gave the town a political reputation beyond its size. Churches, schools, and the courthouse anchored a community still adjusting to the years after the Civil War, and a view of its streets would have shown neighbors their own homes and businesses as they stood at that moment.
| Created / published | 1870 |
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| Creator | ruger & stoner, chicago lithographing co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Princeton, Illinois, drawn in 1870. 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--Illinois |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,288 × 6,832 px · prints to 28 × 23 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of the city of Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois 1870 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488601 |
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