WI Lake Geneva 1882 MAP – 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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WI Lake Geneva 1882 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 Lake Geneva, Walworth Co., Wis. 1882
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WI Lake Geneva 1882 MAP
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Lake Geneva, the glacial lake that gives this Walworth County resort town its name, is the real focus here, drawn from a high vantage point so the shoreline, streets and lakefront estates all appear at once. The bird's-eye view was drawn by Henry Wellge, a prolific panoramic artist, and printed by the Milwaukee lithographers Beck & Pauli. By 1882 the town had become a popular summer destination for Chicago and Midwestern visitors, and the rail connections and hotels that served them are typical of what these maps were made to celebrate. The map offers a detailed record of how the town was laid out in that boom period.
| Created / published | 1882 |
|---|---|
| Creator | wellge, h. (henry), beck & pauli, stoner, j. j. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 5,403 × 3,388 px · prints to 18 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of Lake Geneva, Walworth Co., Wis. 1882 |
| Reference | WI-LakeGeneva-1882 |
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