Saint Johns, Michigan, 1868 – 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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Few images capture their era like this antique map of Saint Johns, Michigan, 1868. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Saint Johns, Clinton Co., Michigan 1868
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Saint Johns, Michigan, 1868
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In 1868 Saint Johns was the county seat of Clinton County, in the central part of Michigan's Lower Peninsula, and its fortunes rested largely on the farms around it. Wheat, corn, and livestock from cleared land moved through local markets, while lumber from nearby forests still supplied the sawmills that had driven early settlement in the region. The Civil War had ended only three years earlier, and veterans and their families were a visible part of town life, in county courthouse business, churches, and lodges alike. Residents would have known Saint Johns as a modest agricultural seat still filling in its streets, schools, and shops, and the courthouse square was the center of its public life.
| Created / published | 1868 |
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| Creator | ruger, a., chicago lithographing co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Saint Johns, Michigan, drawn in 1868. 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--Michigan |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 7,888 × 6,192 px · prints to 26 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Saint Johns, Clinton Co., Michigan 1868 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489219 |
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