Pendleton, Oregon, 1884 – 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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Few images capture their era like this antique map of Pendleton, Oregon, 1884. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Panoramic view of Pendleton, Or., county seat of Umatilla County 1884
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Pendleton, Oregon, 1884
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Pendleton, Oregon, in 1884 was the seat of Umatilla County and a fast-growing trade town on the Umatilla River in the state's northeast corner. Wheat, wool, and livestock from the surrounding plateau and river valleys made it a shipping point, and the arrival of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company line in 1882 connected it to the Columbia River and to markets farther west. The town's commerce drew merchants, teamsters, and ranchers into its streets, and its population included a sizable Chinese community whose quarter sat near the business district. Residents in 1884 would have known Pendleton as the place where the wagon roads of the interior met the railroad.
| Created / published | 1884 |
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| Creator | wellge, h. (henry), stoner, j. j., beck & pauli |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Pendleton, Oregon, drawn in 1884. 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--Oregon |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 7,456 × 4,864 px · prints to 25 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Panoramic view of Pendleton, Or., county seat of Umatilla County 1884 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-490429 |
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