Lowville, New York, 1885 – Antique Map Print
(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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Few images capture their era like this antique map of Lowville, New York, 1885. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Lowville, N.Y.
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Lowville, New York, 1885
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Lowville, the county seat of Lewis County in the Black River valley of northern New York, was a farm town in 1885, and its economy rested on dairying and the cheese made from local milk. Cheese factories had spread through the surrounding hills over the previous two decades, and the county was known across the state for its dairy output, which drew buyers and shipping traffic to the village. Lumbering had been important earlier in the century, but by the 1880s farms and pastures had replaced most of the forest on the slopes around town. Lowville's courthouse, churches, and the Lowville Academy, founded in the early 1800s, gave the village its civic and schooling life, and residents would have known it chiefly as the center of county government and the dairy trade.
| Created / published | 1885 |
|---|---|
| Creator | beck & pauli, burleigh, l. r. |
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--New York |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,272 × 5,504 px · prints to 28 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Lowville, N.Y. |
| Reference | NY Lowville 1885 |
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