Muskegon, Michigan, 1874 – 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.)
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Step back in time with Muskegon, Michigan, 1874, an antique map rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Muskegon, Michigan 1874
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Muskegon, Michigan, 1874
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Muskegon, Michigan, in 1874 was still a lumber port on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, but its mill owners were beginning to worry about how long the pine would last. The Panic of 1873 had slowed lumber orders across the Midwest, and many mills ran short seasons. Shingles, lath, and planed boards were becoming more important as the town's woodworking trades grew. The city had been incorporated only a few years earlier, and its residents were still building churches, schools, and frame houses on streets that were only partly paved.
| Created / published | 1874 |
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| Creator | charles shober & co, ruger, a., chicago lithographing co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Muskegon, Michigan, drawn in 1874. 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 | 8,320 × 6,448 px · prints to 28 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Muskegon, Michigan 1874 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489209 |
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