Reading, Pennsylvania, 1881 – Historic Map Reproduction
(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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A window into the past: Reading, Pennsylvania, 1881, preserved in this antique map. 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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Reading, Pennsylvania, 1881
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Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1881 was one of the most important industrial cities in the state, built along the Schuylkill River in Berks County. Its economy rested on iron and steel works, rolling mills, locomotive and railroad car shops, textile mills, and the hosiery and silk trade, with the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad running through the heart of town and tying its factories to coal fields and to markets in Philadelphia and New York. The city's population had grown rapidly over the preceding decades, drawing German-speaking families, Welsh and Irish workers, and laborers who filled the mills and shops. A bird's-eye view like this one would have shown a community proud of its foundries, its brick rowhouses, and the hilly streets rising above the river, a city that many residents knew as a center of heavy manufacturing in eastern Pennsylvania.
| Created / published | 1881 |
|---|---|
| Creator | kendall, j. hanold |
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Pennsylvania |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 10,320 × 7,472 px · prints to 34 × 25 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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