Tyrone, Pennsylvania, 1895 – 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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Step back in time with Tyrone, Pennsylvania, 1895, 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: Tyrone, Blair County, Pennsylvania 1895
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Tyrone, Pennsylvania, 1895
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Tyrone, Pennsylvania, in 1895 was a railroad town on the Juniata River in Blair County, with much of its livelihood tied to the Pennsylvania Railroad and the work its trains and shops provided. The borough had been incorporated only a few decades earlier, and by the 1890s it held a population of workers, merchants, and churchgoers who lived close to the tracks and the riverfront. Blair County's iron furnaces and foundries, along with steady freight and passenger traffic through the valley, shaped the economy that families depended on. Residents would have known Tyrone first as a railroad stop and a place of employment, where the whistles and shift bells set the daily rhythm of the town.
| Created / published | 1895 |
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| Creator | moyer, james b., fowler, t. m. (thaddeus mortimer) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Tyrone, Pennsylvania, drawn in 1895. 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--Pennsylvania |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 7,992 × 5,488 px · prints to 27 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Tyrone, Blair County, Pennsylvania 1895 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-490667 |
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