Waltham, Mass. bird's-eye view – Antique Wall Map
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Waltham, Mass. bird's-eye view comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Waltham, Mass. bird's-eye view
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Waltham, Massachusetts, is the subject here, shown from a high vantage point in the manner of the bird's-eye city views that were popular in the late 1800s. Such views were usually drawn or printed to give residents and prospective buyers a detailed picture of streets, rail lines, and factories at a glance, and Waltham was then a busy manufacturing town known for its watch works and mills along the Charles River. Color prints of this kind were often sold as souvenirs or advertisements, so they show how a community wanted to present itself. Look closely at the layout of the streets and the sizes of the buildings to see what the town looked like in its industrial prime.
| Original scan | 11,334 × 7,167 px · prints to 38 × 24 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | waltham-colorized |
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