New Orleans, Louisiana, 1863 – 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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Few images capture their era like this antique map of New Orleans, Louisiana, 1863. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: New Orleans, La. and its vicinity
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New Orleans, Louisiana, 1863
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In 1863, New Orleans was a Union-occupied city. Federal forces had taken it in May 1862, and the port that had once shipped more cotton than almost any other in the world now operated under military rules, with the Mississippi blockade cutting off much of its old trade. Nathaniel P. Banks had replaced Benjamin Butler as commander in December 1862, and when the Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863, the city's large Black population, many of them recently freed, pressed federal officers for schools, work, and protection. Residents lived with scarce goods, rising prices, and an uneasy split between those who had stayed loyal to the Confederacy and those who accepted Union rule. The city's streets and riverfront, drawn as they stood that year, show a place still working but waiting to learn what its future would be.
| Created / published | 1863 |
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| Creator | ridgway, w., wells, j., virtue & co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of New Orleans, Louisiana, drawn in 1863. 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--Louisiana |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 3,152 × 2,152 px · prints to 11 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | New Orleans, La. and its vicinity |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488842 |
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