Roscoe, Pennsylvania, 1902 – 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.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique map of Roscoe, Pennsylvania, 1902. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Roscoe, Washington Co., Pennsylvania 1902
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Roscoe, Pennsylvania, 1902
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Roscoe, Pennsylvania, in 1902 was one of many small Pennsylvania communities whose livelihood depended on coal, timber, rail lines, and the local shops that served them. The decade was a time of rapid industrial growth across the state, and mining towns were especially exposed to its booms and slumps. In the fall of 1902, the anthracite fields to the east saw a long strike that drew national attention and showed how closely the fortunes of coal communities rose and fell with wages and the price of fuel. Residents of a town like Roscoe would have known their home through its churches, schools, fraternal lodges, and main street, where neighbors met for trade, news, and civic business. The town's streets, houses, and commercial blocks, as drawn that year, show the community at a moment before the economic changes that followed.
| Created / published | 1902 |
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| Creator | moyer, james b., fowler, t. m. (thaddeus mortimer) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Roscoe, Pennsylvania, drawn in 1902. 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--Pennsylvania |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 6,312 × 4,048 px · prints to 21 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Roscoe, Washington Co., Pennsylvania 1902 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-490641 |
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