Winchester, Virginia, 1926 – 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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This rare antique map captures Winchester, Virginia, 1926 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye map of the city of Winchester
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Winchester, Virginia, 1926
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In 1926 Winchester, the seat of Frederick County, was the commercial center of the northern Shenandoah Valley, and its economy rested largely on apples, grain, and livestock. Orchards covered the surrounding farmland, and fruit moved out by rail to markets in northern cities. The town had begun its Apple Blossom Festival only two years earlier, tying local pride to the spring orchards. Its older core still carried the marks of the Civil War, when the town changed hands many times and Stonewall Jackson used it as a base, so residents knew it as much for that history as for its fruit. Brick storefronts, churches, and the courthouse square stood close to the rail lines that connected valley farms to a wider national economy.
| Created / published | 1926 |
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| Creator | woods, ryan, william a. |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Winchester, Virginia, drawn in 1926. 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--Virginia |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 6,496 × 4,720 px · prints to 22 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye map of the city of Winchester |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-491154 |
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