Norfolk Portsmouth, Virginia, 1873 – Vintage Map Wall Art
(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.)
Description
This rare antique map captures Norfolk Portsmouth, Virginia, 1873 in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Norfolk & Portsmouth, Virginia 1873
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Norfolk Portsmouth, Virginia, 1873
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Norfolk and Portsmouth, on opposite banks of the Elizabeth River in Virginia, stood in 1873 as a single working waterfront, about a dozen years after the Civil War had left both towns battered and partly occupied. Norfolk shipped cotton, tobacco, and lumber out through its harbor, and oystering on the Chesapeake Bay supplied much of the local labor. Across the river, Portsmouth was tied to the Gosport Navy Yard, where the federal government had rebuilt facilities that Confederate forces had destroyed in 1861. Rail lines carried goods inland, and the two cities were still recovering from the yellow fever epidemics of the 1850s. Residents in 1873 would have known the place as a port that depended on ships, the navy yard, and a slow return to commerce after the war.
| Created / published | 1873 |
|---|---|
| Creator | drie, c. n. |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Norfolk Portsmouth, Virginia, drawn in 1873. 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--Virginia |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 5,416 × 3,544 px · prints to 18 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Norfolk & Portsmouth, Virginia 1873 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-491147 |
More from the Panoramic Maps collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
