North Attleborough, Massachusetts, 1878 – Antique Wall Map
(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 North Attleborough, Massachusetts, 1878 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: North Attleborough, Mass. 1878
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North Attleborough, Massachusetts, 1878
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In 1878 North Attleborough was the northern village of the town of Attleboro in Bristol County, Massachusetts, and it would not become a separate town until 1887. Its livelihood rested on jewelry and metalwork, and for decades small shops and factories in the district had produced gold and silver goods and watch cases. The Boston and Providence Railroad, which had served the region since the 1830s, linked these workshops to markets in Providence and Boston. Residents knew the village as part of the wider Attleboro jewelry trade, and its mills and shops gave the community a working character that shaped its churches, schools, and civic life.
| Created / published | 1878 |
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| Creator | c.h. vogt (firm), bailey, o. h. (oakley hoopes), hazen, j. c. |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of North Attleborough, Massachusetts, drawn in 1878. 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--Massachusetts |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,800 × 6,768 px · prints to 29 × 23 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | North Attleborough, Mass. 1878 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488939 |
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