Mannington, West Virginia, 1897 – Vintage Map Wall Art
(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 Mannington, West Virginia, 1897 brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Mannington, West Virginia 1897
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Mannington, West Virginia, 1897
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Mannington, in Marion County in north-central West Virginia, was in 1897 a town whose fortunes rested on coal, timber, and the railroads that carried them out. Rail lines running through the county moved coal from its hills to markets in the Ohio Valley and beyond, and the mines drew working families to the area. West Virginia had been a state only since 1863, so towns like Mannington were still young, and the streets, churches, and business blocks of 1897 reflected a community growing alongside its extractive economy. Residents would have known the place for its coalfield work and its rail connections.
| Created / published | 1897 |
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| Creator | moyer, james b., fowler, t. m. (thaddeus mortimer) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Mannington, West Virginia, drawn in 1897. 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--West Virginia |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 7,312 × 5,496 px · prints to 24 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Mannington, West Virginia 1897 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-491498 |
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