Absecon, New Jersey, 1924 – Historic Map Reproduction
(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 antique map of Absecon, New Jersey, 1924 brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Aero-view of Absecon, New Jersey 1924
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Absecon, New Jersey, 1924
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Absecon, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, was a small mainland town in 1924, and its fortunes were closely tied to Atlantic City, a few miles to the east. Residents worked sandy farmland and cranberry bogs, and they shipped produce by rail toward the resort, where hotels and boardwalk businesses needed food and labor. Prohibition was in force that year, and the shore city's reputation for nightlife and bootlegging drew notice across the county. Many families depended on jobs in the city or on seasonal work at the shore, so the summer visitor season set the pace of daily life in town.
| Created / published | 1924 |
|---|---|
| Creator | cinquin, rene, hughes & cinquin |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Absecon, New Jersey, drawn in 1924. 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--New Jersey |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 11,296 × 7,920 px · prints to 38 × 26 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Aero-view of Absecon, New Jersey 1924 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489690 |
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