CO Denver 1889 MAP – 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.)
Description
Step back in time with CO Denver 1889 MAP, an antique map rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Perspective map of the city of Denver, Colo. 1889
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CO Denver 1889 MAP
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Denver's spread across the South Platte valley, with the Front Range rising behind it, is what sets this bird's-eye view apart from the other western city panoramas on the board. Henry Wellge drew it in 1889 for the American Publishing Co. of Milwaukee, which issued many such city views in the 1880s and 1890s. Denver was then a fast-growing mining and railroad hub and the capital of a state that had joined the Union in 1876, so the map shows a city pushing quickly onto the prairie. Its oblique angle lets viewers see streets, rail lines and individual buildings all at once.
| Created / published | 1889 |
|---|---|
| Creator | american publishing co. (milwaukee, wis.), wellge, h. (henry) |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 5,210 × 3,343 px · prints to 17 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Perspective map of the city of Denver, Colo. 1889 |
| Reference | CO-Denver-1889 |
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