Norfolk, Virginia, 1891 – 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 Norfolk, Virginia, 1891 brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Norfolk, Virginia, 1891
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Norfolk, Virginia, in 1891 was a busy harbor city on the Elizabeth River at the mouth of Hampton Roads, shipping coal, lumber, and produce out to the Atlantic. The Norfolk and Western Railway had opened its coal piers at Lambert's Point less than a decade earlier, and the rail lines and steamship wharves along the waterfront drew workers and merchants from across Tidewater. Oystering, seafood packing, and the timber trade employed many families, while the downtown was still rebuilding from the great fire of 1855 that had destroyed much of its center. Residents knew Norfolk as the principal port of southeastern Virginia, where the Gosport Navy Yard across the river at Portsmouth and the steamers bound for northern cities set the rhythm of daily life.
| Created / published | 1891 |
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| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Norfolk, Virginia, drawn in 1891. 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 |
| Original scan | 13,026 × 9,622 px · prints to 43 × 32 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-491145 |
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