Missoula, Montana, 1891 – 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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This antique map of Missoula, Montana, 1891 brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Perspective map of Missoula, Mont. county seat of Missoula County
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Missoula, Montana, 1891
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Missoula, Montana, in 1891 was a town of about a few thousand people, only two years into Montana's life as a state after statehood in 1889. Its fortunes rested on the rail line and the wide river valley where the Bitterroot and Clark Fork rivers meet, with lumber, farming, and the livestock trade bringing wagons and trains through town. Civic life centered on the county seat and on local boosters who lobbied Helena and the legislature for new state institutions. Residents knew Missoula as the gateway to the Bitterroot Valley and as a supply point for the ranches and timber camps that surrounded it.
| Created / published | 1891 |
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| Creator | american publishing co. (milwaukee, wis.) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Missoula, Montana, drawn in 1891. 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--Montana |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 10,136 × 6,460 px · prints to 34 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Perspective map of Missoula, Mont. county seat of Missoula County |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489502 |
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