CO Denver 1908 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.)
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CO Denver 1908 MAP comes to life in this antique map, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of Denver, Colorado, 1908
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CO Denver 1908 MAP
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Denver's street grid and the open plains beyond it unfold across this 1908 lithographed panorama, drawn in oblique perspective as if seen from a high vantage point. It was issued by the Birdseye View Publishing Co. and printed by the Denver Lithographing Co., and maps of this type were popular with civic leaders and businesses who wanted to show off growing cities. Denver, then the capital of Colorado and a major rail and mining hub, was a natural subject for such a promotional view. Its drawn-from-above detail offers a useful record of how the city was laid out in the early 1900s.
| Created / published | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Creator | birdseye view publishing co, denver lith. co |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 3,936 × 2,700 px · prints to 13 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of Denver, Colorado, 1908 |
| Reference | CO-Denver-1908 |
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