Ashland, Wisconsin, 1890 – 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 Ashland, Wisconsin, 1890 brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Ashland, Lake Superior, Wis. 1890
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Ashland, Wisconsin, 1890
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Ashland, Wisconsin, in 1890 was a young lake port and the seat of Ashland County, sitting on the south shore of Chequamegon Bay where the town looked out over Lake Superior. Its economy still rested on the northern Wisconsin pinery, and the census that year counted a population that had grown fast since the town was platted. Ships could carry cargo only while the lake was open, so each winter the harbor froze and the town's commerce slowed until spring thaw. Residents who looked at this map would have known Ashland as a place of frontier growth still in progress, with its future tied to the Lake Superior trade.
| Created / published | 1890 |
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| Creator | marr & richards engraving co, pauli, c. j. |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Ashland, Wisconsin, 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--Wisconsin |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 12,464 × 6,816 px · prints to 42 × 23 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Ashland, Lake Superior, Wis. 1890 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-491375 |
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