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[Columbus, Ohio] – Antique Wall Art

[Columbus, Ohio] — antique lithograph
[Columbus, Ohio]. Antique lithograph from the Columbus collection.

(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.)

Description

This rare antique lithograph captures [Columbus, Ohio] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Beyond the bracketed title and the 1872 date, the record offers few details, so this lithograph is best read as a view of the Ohio capital in the years after the Civil War. Sheets from the 1870s often showed American cities from an elevated, bird's-eye vantage, and they were sold to residents and used to promote local businesses and civic pride. Columbus, the seat of state government on the Scioto River, was growing steadily during this period, and the high viewpoint lets viewers compare its streets, rooftops and public buildings with the town as it appeared then.

Medium1 print : lithograph.
Notes1872
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 940 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-124158

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