North East, Erie County, Pennsylvania, 1896 bird's-eye view map – 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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Few images capture their era like this antique map of North East, Erie County, Pennsylvania, 1896 bird's-eye view map. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: North East, Erie County, Pennsylvania, 1896
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North East, Erie County, Pennsylvania, 1896 bird's-eye view map
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North East, a borough in the grape-growing country along Lake Erie, appears here from a high, angled vantage that makes the whole town legible at once. Thaddeus M. Fowler, who drew many such town panoramas in the late 1800s, worked in a style that let viewers pick out individual streets, churches, and businesses. Views like this were often sold to residents as a source of civic pride, so the map shows how a town wanted to be seen at the close of the nineteenth century. Look closely at the rail lines and the lakeshore to see how the community connected to the wider region.
| Created / published | 1896 |
|---|---|
| Creator | moyer, james b., fowler, t. m. (thaddeus mortimer) |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 4,364 × 3,032 px · prints to 15 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | North East, Erie County, Pennsylvania, 1896 |
| Reference | PA-NorthEast-1896 |
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