Elkton, Maryland, 1907 – 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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A window into the past: Elkton, Maryland, 1907, preserved in this antique map. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: View of Elkton, Maryland 1907
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Elkton, Maryland, 1907
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Elkton, the seat of Cecil County in northeastern Maryland, was in 1907 a small market town of farms, mills, and rail connections near the Delaware line. Its streets held churches, shops, and the courthouse, while the surrounding countryside supplied grain, fruit, and produce to local buyers. The town had also gained a wider reputation for its marriage licenses, which Maryland issued with few waiting requirements, drawing couples from Philadelphia and Wilmington who crossed the state line to wed. Residents knew Elkton as the county center and a convenient stop on the rail route between Philadelphia and Baltimore, where ordinary commerce and a steady stream of elopements shared the same main street.
| Created / published | 1907 |
|---|---|
| Creator | fowler & kelly |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Elkton, Maryland, drawn in 1907. 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--Maryland |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 7,200 × 5,400 px · prints to 24 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | View of Elkton, Maryland 1907 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489108 |
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