Oakland, Maryland, 1906 – 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.)
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Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of Oakland, Maryland 1906
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Oakland, Maryland, 1906
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Oakland, Maryland, in 1906 was the seat of Garrett County, the state's westernmost county, which had been carved out of Allegany County in 1872. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the town's main link to the outside world, carrying lumber, coal, and farm goods out of the high mountain country and bringing summer visitors up from Baltimore and Washington. Timber cutting and livestock raising on the surrounding plateau were the chief sources of work, and the county courthouse and downtown storefronts served as the center of local politics and trade. Residents of the period would have known Oakland as a railroad stop in the mountains, a place where the cold winters and the scenery of the Youghiogheny and Casselman country drew both laborers and holiday travelers.
| Created / published | 1906 |
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| Creator | fowler, t. m. (thaddeus mortimer), fowler & kelly |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Oakland, Maryland, drawn in 1906. 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--Maryland |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 6,800 × 5,120 px · prints to 23 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of Oakland, Maryland 1906 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489112 |
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