Pittsfield, Maine, 1889 – 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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A window into the past: Pittsfield, Maine, 1889, preserved in this antique map. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Pittsfield, Maine
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Pittsfield, Maine, 1889
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Pittsfield, Maine, sat on the Sebasticook River in Somerset County in 1889, and its economy rested on the river's waterpower. Sawmills, shingle and lumber works, and other small manufacturers drew on the current, while surrounding farms supplied produce and livestock to local markets. Rail connections in the region carried these goods beyond the valley, tying the town to the wider shipping trade of central Maine. Residents of the period knew Pittsfield as a mill and market town, with its civic life centered on the village streets, churches, and commercial blocks shown in this drawing.
| Created / published | 1889 |
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| Creator | norris, george e., burleigh litho |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Pittsfield, Maine, drawn in 1889. 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--Maine |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 6,768 × 4,992 px · prints to 23 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Pittsfield, Maine |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489152 |
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