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Bird's-eye map of City of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1867 – Antique Wall Map

Bird's-eye map of City of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1867 — antique map
Bird's-eye map of City of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1867. Antique map from the Boston collection.

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Step back in time with Bird's-eye map of City of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1867, an antique map rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

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Bird's-eye map of City of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1867

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This 1867 bird's-eye view shows Cambridge, Massachusetts, from an angled, elevated vantage point, with the Charles River and its bridges linking the city to Boston across the water. Maps like this were popular in the decades after the Civil War, when American towns commissioned detailed pictorial views to show off their streets, churches, schools and factories. Cambridge had grown quickly by then, anchored by Harvard College and a expanding base of manufacturing and residential neighborhoods. The map is useful for seeing how the city looked just before its later rapid growth, and its close-up detail of individual buildings makes it a useful record for local historians.

Original scan9,552 × 6,432 px · prints to 32 × 21 in at 300 dpi
Reference06_01_001573

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