Somers Point, New Jersey, 1925 – 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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Step back in time with Somers Point, New Jersey, 1925, an antique map rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Aero-view of Somers-Point 1925, New Jersey
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Somers Point, New Jersey, 1925
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Somers Point, on the mainland side of Great Egg Harbor Bay in Atlantic County, New Jersey, was a small waterfront community in 1925, drawing much of its living from the bay and the shore towns nearby. Its streets and shoreline were shaped by fishing, oystering, and boatbuilding, along with the summer visitors who came down from Philadelphia and the interior towns to stay near Atlantic City and Ocean City. The town took its name from Richard Somers, a naval officer who died in the Barbary Wars, and that connection to a national hero was something residents would have pointed to with pride. In 1925 the country was in the middle of Prohibition, and the shore resorts were busy with bathers, hotels, and the rail and road traffic that carried them to the coast.
| Created / published | 1925 |
|---|---|
| Creator | cinquin, rene, hughes & cinquin |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Somers Point, New Jersey, drawn in 1925. 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--New Jersey |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 10,720 × 7,712 px · prints to 36 × 26 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Aero-view of Somers-Point 1925, New Jersey |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489724 |
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