Homer, Illinois, 1869 – Historic Map Reproduction
(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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A window into the past: Homer, Illinois, 1869, preserved in this antique map. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of Homer, Champaighn [sic] County, Illinois 1869
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Homer, Illinois, 1869
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Homer, Illinois, in 1869 was a small farming village in east-central Illinois, in the prairie country of Champaign County. Its economy rested on the surrounding farms, where corn, wheat, and livestock were the main products and where the land was still being fenced, drained, and broken for the plow. The years after the Civil War brought new settlers and steady growth to the region, and the railroads that crossed the state made it easier for local grain and stock to reach Chicago and eastern markets. Daily life centered on the town's stores, churches, and schoolhouses, and on the grain and produce that moved through the local trade. Few details of the village's streets and buildings from that period survive in written records, so this map is valued as a detailed record of how Homer looked at the time.
| Created / published | 1869 |
|---|---|
| Creator | ruger, a., merchant's lithographing company |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Homer, Illinois, drawn in 1869. 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--Illinois |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 4,464 × 3,632 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of Homer, Champaighn [sic] County, Illinois 1869 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488584 |
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