PA-Reading-1881 – Vintage Map Wall Art
(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
Step back in time with PA-Reading-1881, an antique map rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Topographic view of the city of Reading, Pa. 1881
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PA-Reading-1881
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Reading, Pennsylvania, is the subject here, shown as a bird's-eye panorama of the city on the Schuylkill River. The 1881 view was drawn by J. Hanold Kendall, one of the artists who specialized in detailed perspective maps of American towns in the late nineteenth century. By then Reading was a busy industrial center, known for its iron works, mills and the railroad that carried its name, and the map shows how densely streets, factories and rail lines packed into the river valley.
| Created / published | 1881 |
|---|---|
| Creator | kendall, j. hanold |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 4,920 × 3,562 px · prints to 16 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Topographic view of the city of Reading, Pa. 1881 |
| Reference | PA-Reading-1881 |
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