Delphia, Indiana, 1868 – Antique Wall Map
(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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This antique map of Delphia, Indiana, 1868 brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of the city of Delphi, Carroll Co., Indiana 1868
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Delphia, Indiana, 1868
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Delphi, Indiana, shown here under the spelling Delphia, was the seat of Carroll County, a farm town on the Wabash River in the north-central part of the state. The Wabash and Erie Canal had reached the town by the 1840s, and its boats carried grain, lumber, and produce toward eastern markets, though by the late 1860s railroads were pulling much of that trade away from the waterway. In 1868 many local families were still feeling the effects of the Civil War, having sent sons and husbands to Union regiments and absorbed the losses that followed. Courthouse business, church congregations, and the shops around the public square made up the daily life that a view like this was meant to preserve for the residents who bought it.
| Created / published | 1868 |
|---|---|
| Creator | merchant's lithographing company, ruger, a. |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Delphia, Indiana, 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--Indiana |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,064 × 6,688 px · prints to 27 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of the city of Delphi, Carroll Co., Indiana 1868 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488731 |
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