Little Rock, Arkansas, 1887 – 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.)
Description
Step back in time with Little Rock, Arkansas, 1887, an antique map rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Perspective map of the city of Little Rock, Ark., State capital of Arkansas, county seat of Pulaski County. 1887
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Little Rock, Arkansas, 1887
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Little Rock, the Arkansas state capital, sat on a rocky bluff above the Arkansas River in 1887, and the town had grown quickly since the first railroad reached it in the 1870s. The Iron Mountain line's bridge across the river linked the city to lines running north and east, and cotton, lumber and timber moved out through its wharves and freight yards. Merchants, lawyers and state officials filled the downtown blocks around the old State House, while churches, schools and new houses spread into the surrounding neighborhoods. Residents would have known Little Rock as the commercial center of a farming and timber region, a place where the legislature met and where river trade still mattered.
| Created / published | 1887 |
|---|---|
| Creator | henry wellge & co, beck & pauli |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Little Rock, Arkansas, drawn in 1887. 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--Arkansas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 9,552 × 6,624 px · prints to 32 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Perspective map of the city of Little Rock, Ark., State capital of Arkansas, county seat of Pulaski County. 1887 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-487814 |
More from the Panoramic Maps collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
