Westwood, New Jersey, 1924 – 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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Step back in time with Westwood, New Jersey, 1924, an antique map rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Aeroview of Westwood, New Jersey 1924
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Westwood, New Jersey, 1924
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Westwood, New Jersey, in 1924 was a small borough in Bergen County that had been set off from Washington Township only about thirty years earlier, in 1894. Its growth came from its place in the New York metropolitan area, where residents could ride the railroad to jobs in Manhattan and return each evening to houses on quiet residential streets. The Pascack Valley rail line gave the community its link to the city, and the borough's streets, churches, and school buildings reflected a population of commuters and local tradesmen. Through the 1920s, automobiles were beginning to reshape daily life there, bringing new roads, garages, and shops to the old village core. A bird's-eye view of the town from that decade shows a community still defined by its station, its main streets, and its modest houses set among trees.
| Created / published | 1924 |
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| Creator | cinquin, rene, hughes & cinquin |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Westwood, New Jersey, drawn in 1924. 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--New Jersey |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 10,784 × 6,976 px · prints to 36 × 23 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Aeroview of Westwood, New Jersey 1924 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489729 |
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