Camden, New York, 1885 – 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 Camden, New York, 1885, an antique map rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Camden, N.Y.
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Camden, New York, 1885
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Camden, a village in the town of Camden in Oneida County, New York, is shown here in 1885, a few decades after the Erie Canal and the railroads had tied central New York's farm towns to larger markets. The surrounding town was largely dairy and grain country, and its residents went to Utica and Rome for mills, markets, and rail connections. Like many villages of the Gilded Age, Camden built its civic life around its churches, schools, and main street, while farm families brought produce and goods to town on weekdays. By 1885 the region's economy was shifting from small shops toward factory work, and the village's streets and rooftops in this bird's-eye view reflect a community that still measured its prosperity by the harvest and the rail schedule.
| Created / published | 1885 |
|---|---|
| Creator | beck & pauli, burleigh, l. r. |
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--New York |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,288 × 4,704 px · prints to 28 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Camden, N.Y. |
| Reference | NY Camden 1885 |
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