Black Mountain, North Carolina, 1912 – 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.)
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Black Mountain, North Carolina, 1912 comes to life in this antique map, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Black Mountain, N.C. 1912
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Black Mountain, North Carolina, 1912
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In 1912, Black Mountain was a small mountain town in Buncombe County, roughly fifteen miles east of Asheville, and its economy leaned on the railroad, local trade, and the summer visitors who came up from the lowlands to escape the heat. The Southern Railway line through the valley carried passengers and freight, and the town's cooler elevation made it attractive to families seeking health and rest. Churches, schools, and a small business district anchored daily life, while farming and timber work in the surrounding hills supplied many residents with their livelihoods. Residents of the period would have known Black Mountain as a quiet mountain stop on the way to bigger places, a town shaped as much by its scenery and seasonal visitors as by its own industry.
| Created / published | 1912 |
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| Creator | fowler, t. m. (thaddeus mortimer), fowler & browning |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Black Mountain, North Carolina, drawn in 1912. 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--North Carolina |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 10,048 × 6,736 px · prints to 33 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Black Mountain, N.C. 1912 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489525 |
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