Owatonna, Minnesota, 1870 – Vintage Map Wall Art
(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.)
Description
This antique map of Owatonna, Minnesota, 1870 brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of Owatonna, Steele County, Minnesota 1870
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Owatonna, Minnesota, 1870
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Owatonna, Minnesota, in 1870 was a young railroad and farm town on the Straight River in Steele County, only about a decade past its first settlement. The Winona and St. Peter Railroad had reached it in the mid-1860s, and wheat and other grain from the surrounding prairie moved out by rail, making milling and grain buying central to local commerce. As county seat, Owatonna drew farmers from nearby townships on market days, filling its stores, banks, and courthouse business. Residents would have known it as a stop on the line toward the Minnesota River valley, where new frame houses went up as fast as lots could be sold.
| Created / published | 1870 |
|---|---|
| Creator | ruger & stoner, ruger, a., merchant's lithographing company |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Owatonna, Minnesota, drawn in 1870. 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--Minnesota |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 6,976 × 5,824 px · prints to 23 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of Owatonna, Steele County, Minnesota 1870 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489307 |
More from the Panoramic Maps collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
