TN Memphis 1870 MAP – 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.)
Description
This rare antique map captures TN Memphis 1870 MAP 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 the city of Memphis, Tennessee 1870
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TN Memphis 1870 MAP
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This bird's-eye view shows Memphis, Tennessee, as it looked in 1870, with the city laid out along the bluffs above the Mississippi River. Panoramic maps like this one were drawn in perspective from an imagined height, so streets, rail lines, wharves, and individual buildings appear in one sweeping scene. The artist, A. Ruger, was one of the best-known makers of these city views in the decades after the Civil War, when towns were rebuilding and wanted a picture of their growth. Memphis was then recovering from the war and Reconstruction, and its river trade and railroads made it a major commercial center of the Mid-South.
| Created / published | 1870 |
|---|---|
| Creator | ruger, a. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 5,200 × 3,416 px · prints to 17 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of the city of Memphis, Tennessee 1870 |
| Reference | TN-Memphis-1870 |
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