Lawrence, Kansas, 1869 – 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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Lawrence, Kansas, 1869 comes to life in this antique map, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of the city of Lawrence, Kansas 1869
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Lawrence, Kansas, 1869
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Lawrence, Kansas, was a free-state town founded in 1854 by New England emigrant aid settlers, and in 1869 it was still recovering from the August 1863 raid by William Quantrill's men, which burned much of its business district. The University of Kansas had opened in 1866 on the hill above town, and the railroad that reached Lawrence in 1865 linked its grain, lumber, and livestock trade to eastern markets. Mills and shops along the Kansas River gave the town its working character, while Massachusetts Street served as its commercial spine. Residents who had lived through the border conflict knew Lawrence as a symbol of antislavery resolve, and they were now rebuilding brick storefronts and a civic life centered on churches, schools, and the new college.
| Created / published | 1869 |
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| Creator | ruger, a. |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Lawrence, Kansas, drawn in 1869. 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--Kansas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,736 × 6,816 px · prints to 29 × 23 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of the city of Lawrence, Kansas 1869 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488797 |
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