Bayfield, Wisconsin, 1886 – 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 rare antique map captures Bayfield, Wisconsin, 1886 in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of Bayfield, Wis., county seat of Bayfield County 1886
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Bayfield, Wisconsin, 1886
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Bayfield, Wisconsin, in 1886 was a small lake port on the Bayfield Peninsula, facing Chequamegon Bay and the Apostle Islands at the western end of Lake Superior. Its economy rested on fishing for whitefish and trout, on shipping, and on the pine cut that moved through the region toward Lake Superior ports. Steamboats were the town's main link to the outside world, since railroad service had not yet reached the peninsula. Residents knew Bayfield as the gateway to the islands and to the old fur-trade settlement of La Pointe on Madeline Island, just across the water.
| Created / published | 1886 |
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| Creator | wellge, h. (henry), norris, wellge & co, beck & pauli |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Bayfield, Wisconsin, drawn in 1886. 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 | 6,592 × 5,208 px · prints to 22 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of Bayfield, Wis., county seat of Bayfield County 1886 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-491376 |
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