Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, 1901 – 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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This rare antique map captures Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, 1901 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Gallitzin, Cambria County, Pennsylvania 1901
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Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, 1901
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In 1901 Gallitzin sat high in the Allegheny Mountains of Cambria County, a railroad town that owed its existence to the Pennsylvania Railroad's climb over the summit. The line's tunnels and mountain operations gave many local men steady work, and trains carrying coal and freight kept the town tied to the wider industry of the region, including the steel mills of Johnstown. The town took its name from Prince Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin, the Catholic missionary who worked in the mountains in the early 1800s, and parish churches and schools remained central to community life. Residents would have known Gallitzin as a stop on the mountain railroad, where crews changed and rested before the next steep grade.
| Created / published | 1901 |
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| Creator | moyer, james b., fowler, t. m. (thaddeus mortimer) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, drawn in 1901. 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--Pennsylvania |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 7,800 × 4,400 px · prints to 26 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Gallitzin, Cambria County, Pennsylvania 1901 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-490547 |
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