Asheville, North Carolina, 1912 – 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 Asheville, North Carolina, 1912 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Asheville, Buncombe Co. N.C. 1912
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Asheville, North Carolina, 1912
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Asheville, North Carolina, in 1912 was a mountain city of under 20,000 people, and much of its economy rested on visitors who came to the Blue Ridge for the climate. The Southern Railway brought travelers into town, and large hotels housed them, while doctors sent patients with tuberculosis and other lung ailments to the cool, high air. The Biltmore Estate, George Vanderbilt's great house completed in 1895 just outside the city, drew further attention and gave Asheville its reputation for wealth and grand building. Downtown blocks around Pack Square held banks, stores, and offices that served both residents and the seasonal crowds. Local people in 1912 knew their town as a summer and health resort, and its prosperity depended on who chose to come.
| Created / published | 1912 |
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| Creator | fowler, t. m. (thaddeus mortimer), charles hart litho |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Asheville, North Carolina, drawn in 1912. 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--North Carolina |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 10,448 × 7,136 px · prints to 35 × 24 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Asheville, Buncombe Co. N.C. 1912 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489524 |
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