Birmingham, Connecticut, 1876 – Vintage Map Wall Art
(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.)
Description
This rare antique map captures Birmingham, Connecticut, 1876 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Birmingham, Conn. 1876
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Birmingham, Connecticut, 1876
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Birmingham, Connecticut, in 1876 was a mill village on the Naugatuck River in the lower Naugatuck Valley, where the Housatonic and Naugatuck meet near Derby. Its economy rested on the brass, copper, and metalworking firms that lined the river and drew workers from Ireland, England, and Eastern Europe. The Naugatuck Railroad, which ran up the valley toward Waterbury and down to New Haven, carried finished goods out and raw metal in, tying the village to wider markets. The nation was marking its centennial that summer, and local churches, schools, and fraternal lodges would have held observances, while residents rebuilt their routines after the economic slump that followed the Panic of 1873. The map records the mills, houses, and street plan that made up this working community at that moment.
| Created / published | 1876 |
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| Creator | o.h. bailey & co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Birmingham, Connecticut, drawn in 1876. 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--Connecticut |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 7,808 × 6,496 px · prints to 26 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Birmingham, Conn. 1876 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488119 |
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