Silver Creek, New York, 1892 – 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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Few images capture their era like this antique map of Silver Creek, New York, 1892. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Silver Creek, N.Y.
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Silver Creek, New York, 1892
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Silver Creek sits on the southern shore of Lake Erie in Chautauqua County, New York, and in 1892 it was part of the grape and fruit country that stretched along the lake's southern edge. Growers there shipped baskets of grapes and other fruit by rail and by lake vessel to distant markets, and the local economy rose and fell with the harvest. The village's harbor and its rail connections tied it to the wider Lake Erie trade, while farms and orchards filled the land behind the town. Residents of the period would have known Silver Creek as a lakeside shipping point and a community of fruit growers, with the rhythms of planting, picking, and packing shaping daily life. The bird's-eye view of 1892 shows the village as its own people saw it: a compact settlement at the water's edge, set against open countryside.
| Created / published | 1892 |
|---|---|
| Creator | burleigh litho |
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--New York |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 9,168 × 5,568 px · prints to 31 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Silver Creek, N.Y. |
| Reference | NY SilverCreek 1892 |
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