Centralia, Illinois, 1867 – 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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This antique map of Centralia, Illinois, 1867 brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Centralia, Marion Co., Illinois 1867
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Centralia, Illinois, 1867
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Centralia, Illinois, in 1867 was a young railroad town, laid out only about a decade and a half earlier when the Illinois Central Railroad built its main line from Chicago toward Cairo through the prairie of southern Illinois. The railroad gave the place its name and its reason to exist, and its tracks, depots, and repair facilities drew workers and merchants who turned open farmland into a town of streets and storefronts. Farmers from the surrounding prairie brought grain and livestock to its depot, and the town served as a shipping point for the region's agricultural goods. Right after the Civil War, many small Illinois communities like Centralia were adding churches, schools, and businesses as they tried to match the growth that the railroad had promised.
| Created / published | 1867 |
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| Creator | ruger, a., chicago lithographing co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Centralia, Illinois, drawn in 1867. 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--Illinois |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,960 × 6,880 px · prints to 30 × 23 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Centralia, Marion Co., Illinois 1867 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488561 |
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