Anniston, Alabama, 1887 – 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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Anniston, Alabama, 1887 comes to life in this antique map, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Anniston, Ala. 1887
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Anniston, Alabama, 1887
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Anniston, Alabama, in 1887 was a young industrial town in the Calhoun County hills, only about fifteen years old, founded by the Noble brothers and Daniel Tyler around their iron works. Its growth rested on the Woodstock Iron Company and related foundry and pipe operations, which drew workers and their families to a town laid out from scratch. Rail lines running through the valley linked it to Atlanta and Birmingham and carried its iron products to market. Its founders promoted Anniston as a planned, orderly "model city," and its early civic life reflected that aim, with churches, schools, and rules meant to keep the town sober and respectable. Residents of the period would have known it chiefly as a company town with a fast-growing industrial base.
| Created / published | 1887 |
|---|---|
| Creator | henry wellge & co, beck & pauli |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Anniston, Alabama, drawn in 1887. 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--Alabama |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 7,712 × 5,376 px · prints to 26 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Anniston, Ala. 1887 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-487787 |
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