Bird's-eye view of Philadelphia – Historic Map Reproduction
![Bird's-eye view of Philadelphia, [1872] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/cc/cc33430a5ad2-L.webp)
(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
A window into the past: Bird's-eye view of Philadelphia, preserved in this historic print. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Bird's-eye view of Philadelphia
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Rendered from a high vantage point no observer could have occupied, this 1872 bird's-eye view presents Philadelphia as a sprawling network of streets, rooftops, and waterfront. Views like this were popular in the nineteenth century, when artists and publishers built panoramic city prints from surveys and sketches, letting residents and out-of-town buyers take in a whole city at once. The record for this print is partly unverified, so details about its maker and publication should be checked before they are cited, but its subject places it among the many city portraits that documented Philadelphia's growth after the Civil War.
| Created / published | [1872] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | C5915 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bird's. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,105 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-125898 |
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