CANADA-St Thomas-1896 – 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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CANADA-St Thomas-1896 comes to life in this antique map, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: St. Thomas
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CANADA-St Thomas-1896
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St. Thomas, Ontario, in 1896 was the county seat of Elgin County and one of the busiest railway towns in southwestern Ontario. Several lines met there, including the Canada Southern, the Michigan Central, and the Grand Trunk, and the railway shops and freight yards gave many residents steady wages. The Port Stanley line carried passengers and freight south to the Lake Erie harbor, tying the town's trade to the lake and to markets across the border in the United States. Local life centered on the courthouse square, the churches, and the commercial streets around the main downtown blocks, where merchants, mechanics, and railway men shaped the town's civic affairs. The view that people in the town would have recognized most readily was of a place built around the tracks, with the rail yards and depots as its working heart.
| Created / published | 1896 |
|---|---|
| Creator | j. knauber & co, brosius, h., stoner, j. j., c.h. vogt (firm) |
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps-- |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 4,960 × 3,456 px · prints to 17 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | St. Thomas |
| Reference | CANADA-StThomas-1896 |
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