Reading, Pennsylvania, 1898 – 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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This antique map of Reading, Pennsylvania, 1898 brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: The city of Reading, Pennsylvania 1898
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Reading, Pennsylvania, 1898
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Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1898 was a Schuylkill River city of brick streets and hillside neighborhoods, still growing from a market town into a large manufacturing center. That spring the nation went to war with Spain, and young men from Berks County joined Pennsylvania volunteer units that drilled and mustered through the summer. At home the population was climbing toward the 1900 census, and new houses, churches, and schools spread up the slopes below Mount Penn. Residents knew the city for its mills and shops and the workers' rows that grew up beside them, and this view captures a place between its older craft economy and the larger factories still to come.
| Created / published | 1898 |
|---|---|
| Creator | bailey & moyer |
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Pennsylvania |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 9,872 × 6,496 px · prints to 33 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | The city of Reading, Pennsylvania 1898 |
| Reference | PA-Reading-1898 |
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