Oxford, Pennsylvania, 1907 – Historic Map Reproduction
(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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A window into the past: Oxford, Pennsylvania, 1907, preserved in this antique map. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Oxford, Pennsylvania, 1907
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Oxford, Pennsylvania, in 1907 was a small borough in southern Chester County, close to the Maryland line and set among the farms that supplied its market streets. The surrounding county was still largely agricultural, with dairy herds, grain, and orchards feeding local mills and shipping points, while the rail lines of the region carried goods to larger markets in Philadelphia and Baltimore. Lincoln University, founded in 1854 as the Ashmun Institute and located just outside town, was one of the most important institutions in the area, and its presence shaped the community's schools, churches, and civic life. Residents of 1907 would have known Oxford as a quiet county seat of trade and church life, a town where the rhythms of farming and the calendar of local congregations set the pace of daily life.
| Created / published | 1907 |
|---|---|
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Oxford, Pennsylvania, drawn in 1907. 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--Pennsylvania |
| Source | Library of Congress |
| Original scan | 7,448 × 6,008 px · prints to 25 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-490610 |
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