Norfolk, Nebraska, 1889 – 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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This antique map of Norfolk, Nebraska, 1889 brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: 1889 perspective map of Norfolk, Neb
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Norfolk, Nebraska, 1889
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Norfolk, Nebraska, in 1889 was a young railroad and farm town on the Elkhorn River in Madison County, in the northeastern part of the state. The late 1880s were a boom period across Nebraska, when new rail lines and land sales brought settlers faster than the towns could house them. Norfolk drew much of its trade from the surrounding farms, where many families were of German descent and grew corn, wheat, and oats, and it was served by the rail lines that carried grain and livestock to market. The drought, falling crop prices, and bank failures of the early 1890s would soon end much of the optimism that marked these years.
| Created / published | 1889 |
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| Creator | wellge, h. (henry), american publishing co. (milwaukee, wis.) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Norfolk, Nebraska, drawn in 1889. 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--Nebraska |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,096 × 5,616 px · prints to 27 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | 1889 perspective map of Norfolk, Neb |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489596 |
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