Bird's-eye view of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1902 – 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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Step back in time with Bird's-eye view of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1902, an antique map rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1902
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Bird's-eye view of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1902
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This 1902 bird's-eye view shows Pittsburgh from an imagined elevated vantage point, where the three rivers meet to form the Ohio. Panoramic maps like this one, drawn by artists such as T. M. Fowler and James B. Moyer, were popular in the decades before aerial photography, and they let viewers take in a whole city's streets, rail lines, and riverfront at once. In 1902, Pittsburgh was at the height of its steel and manufacturing boom, so the dense industrial districts along the rivers are worth studying for a sense of how the city worked at the turn of the century.
| Created / published | 1902 |
|---|---|
| Creator | moyer, james b., fowler, t. m. (thaddeus mortimer) |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 4,354 × 2,914 px · prints to 15 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1902 |
| Reference | PA-Pittsburgh-1902 |
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