Texarkana, Arkansas, 1888 – 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 Texarkana, Arkansas, 1888 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Perspective map of, Texarkana, Texas and Arkansas
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Texarkana, Arkansas, 1888
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Texarkana, Arkansas, in 1888 was the Arkansas half of a town that sat astride the Texas state line, where two railroad lines crossed in the early 1870s. The rails brought in cotton from the surrounding bottomlands and lumber cut from the pine uplands, and both shipped out by rail. Mills, depots, and freight yards gave the place its working character, while the county seat functions and the stores along the main streets served farmers and crews from both sides of the line. Residents of the time would have known Texarkana as a railroad and timber town, a place where a single street could carry a traveler from one state into another.
| Created / published | 1888 |
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| Creator | henry wellge & co, beck & pauli |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Texarkana, Arkansas, drawn in 1888. 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--Arkansas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,416 × 5,216 px · prints to 28 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Perspective map of, Texarkana, Texas and Arkansas |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-487815 |
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