Seattle, Washington, 1925 – 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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Step back in time with Seattle, Washington, 1925, an antique map rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Seattle birdseye view of portion of city and vicinity
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Seattle, Washington, 1925
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Seattle in 1925 was a city of roughly 365,000 people by the end of the decade, and it earned its living from lumber, shipping, fishing, and the trade that moved through its harbor on Elliott Bay. The Lake Washington Ship Canal, finished in 1917, linked the lake and Lake Union to Puget Sound, giving sawmills and boatyards new waterfront along its shores. Downtown, the Smith Tower, completed in 1914, stood among the tallest buildings on the West Coast, while crews were still cutting away the Denny Regrade hill to make room for new blocks. Residents of the day knew their city as a busy port where ships to Alaska, Asia, and California met a growing population of workers, merchants, and families.
| Created / published | 1925 |
|---|---|
| Creator | kroll map company, inc, poland, edwin c. |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Seattle, Washington, drawn in 1925. 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--Washington |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 17,088 × 9,632 px · prints to 57 × 32 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Seattle birdseye view of portion of city and vicinity |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-491298 |
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