Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1855 – 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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This antique map of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1855 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: View of Harrisburg, Penn
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1855
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Harrisburg, the state capital of Pennsylvania, sat on the east bank of the Susquehanna River in 1855, and the town's fortunes rested on the river and the rail lines that had recently joined it. Canal boats on the state's public works system carried coal, grain, and iron westward, while rafts of cut timber drifted down the Susquehanna from the northern forests toward markets to the south. The Pennsylvania Railroad had reached the city by the late 1840s, so passengers and freight now moved by iron rail as well as by water. Legislators, clerks, and lawyers gave the town its civic life, and the Capitol on its rise above the river was the place residents most often pointed to when they described their city.
| Created / published | 1855 |
|---|---|
| Creator | williams, j. thomas, e. sachse & co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, drawn in 1855. 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--Pennsylvania |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 10,208 × 6,568 px · prints to 34 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | View of Harrisburg, Penn |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-490557 |
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