Harrison East Newark, New Jersey, 1907 – Historic Map Reproduction
(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 Harrison East Newark, New Jersey, 1907 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Bird's-eye view of the West Hudson towns--Harrison & East Newark, Kearny & Arlington, N.J.
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Harrison East Newark, New Jersey, 1907
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Harrison and East Newark sat on the flats along the Passaic River in Hudson County, New Jersey, in 1907, just across the water from the much larger city of Newark. Their economy rested on factories, freight yards, and rail lines, including Pennsylvania Railroad and Erie tracks that carried goods between New York and the interior. Many of the workers who filled these plants were European immigrants, and the towns grew quickly as industry expanded. The Hudson and Manhattan tunnels were nearing completion that year, and their Harrison station, opened in 1908, promised commuters a fast trip under the river to Manhattan. Residents would have known the place as a working industrial district, and the street-by-street detail of its factories, rail spurs, and waterfront reflects that identity.
| Created / published | 1907 |
|---|---|
| Creator | wyllie, h. s. (henry shaw) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Harrison East Newark, New Jersey, drawn in 1907. 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--New Jersey |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 16,000 × 5,072 px · prints to 53 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's-eye view of the West Hudson towns--Harrison & East Newark, Kearny & Arlington, N.J. |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489709 |
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