Alvord, Texas, 1890 – Vintage Map Wall Art
(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 rare antique map captures Alvord, Texas, 1890 in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Alvord, Texas
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Alvord, Texas, 1890
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Alvord, a small railroad town in Wise County in north-central Texas, was drawn as a bird's-eye view in 1890, a time when its fortunes depended on the rails. The Fort Worth and Denver City Railway had reached the area in the late 1880s, and the depot made Alvord a shipping point where farmers could move cotton, grain, and livestock to outside markets. Like many Texas towns of the period, it was built around a few commercial blocks, with churches, schools, and homes spreading out from the tracks. Residents of the day would have known Alvord as a stop on the line and a trading center for the surrounding farms, where the rhythm of the trains set the pace of daily business.
| Created / published | 1890 |
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| Creator | moyer, james b., fowler, t. m. (thaddeus mortimer) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Alvord, Texas, drawn in 1890. 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--Texas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 6,576 × 4,152 px · prints to 22 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Alvord, Texas |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-490913 |
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