Peshtigo, Wisconsin, 1871 – 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 Peshtigo, Wisconsin, 1871, 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: Bird's eye view of Peshtigo, Wisconsin Sept. 1871
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Peshtigo, Wisconsin, 1871
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Peshtigo, Wisconsin, in 1871 was a lumber town on the Peshtigo River in the state's northeast, where sawmills and woodworking shops turned the surrounding pine and hardwood forests into boards, shingles, and wooden goods. Mill work drew laborers and their families, and the town's fortunes rose and fell with the logging trade that dominated the region. That same year, on the night of October 8, a firestorm swept through the dry cutover land and burned the town, killing well over a thousand people and making it the deadliest wildfire in American history. The disaster came on the same night as the Great Chicago Fire, so it received little attention beyond the region at the time, but for the survivors and their descendants, Peshtigo became known above all for that night.
| Created / published | 1871 |
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| Creator | charles shober & co, chicago lithographing co, t.m. fowler & co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, drawn in 1871. 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--Wisconsin |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 5,208 × 4,248 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of Peshtigo, Wisconsin Sept. 1871 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-491405 |
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