Jackson, 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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This antique map of Jackson, Michigan, 1868 brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Birds eye view of the city of Jackson, Michigan
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Jackson, Michigan, 1868
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Jackson, Michigan, in 1868 was a railroad and county seat town in the south-central part of the state, and its fortunes rested heavily on the Michigan Central Railroad, whose line and shops made it a center of rail work and employment. The town's prison, the State Prison at Jackson, was another major presence, with inmates put to work in local industry. Jackson was also known across Michigan as the site of the 1854 gathering under the oaks that gave the Republican Party its name, and in 1868 residents were living through Reconstruction and a presidential election that many local voters followed closely. Streets of frame and brick commercial blocks, churches, and homes ran outward from the courthouse square and along the rail corridor, and this view shows the town as its residents would have recognized it.
| Created / published | 1868 |
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| Creator | ruger, a., chicago lithographing co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Jackson, 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 | 10,480 × 6,864 px · prints to 35 × 23 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Birds eye view of the city of Jackson, Michigan |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489198 |
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