East Douglas, Massachusetts, 1886 – 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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Step back in time with East Douglas, Massachusetts, 1886, an antique map rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: East Douglas, Mass. 1886
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East Douglas, Massachusetts, 1886
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East Douglas, a mill village in the town of Douglas in Worcester County, Massachusetts, looked much as this 1886 view shows it when the picture was drawn. Its economy rested on manufacturing along the water power of the Mumford River, and the Douglas Axe Manufacturing Company, long associated with the village, was among the local firms whose works shaped daily life there. Residents in the 1880s would have known East Douglas first by its mills, its streets of workers' houses and its church spires, and the village was tied to the wider region by rail and road to Worcester and Providence. The decade was one of steady industrial change across central Massachusetts, as small mill towns like this one depended on a few employers and on the seasons of water and demand.
| Created / published | 1886 |
|---|---|
| Creator | burleigh, l. r., burleigh litho, c.h. vogt (firm) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of East Douglas, Massachusetts, drawn in 1886. 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--Massachusetts |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 7,888 × 4,440 px · prints to 26 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | East Douglas, Mass. 1886 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488897 |
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