Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, 1895 – 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.)
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This rare antique map captures Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, 1895 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: Lindsey, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
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Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, 1895
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Punxsutawney, in Jefferson County in western Pennsylvania, was a growing borough in 1895, shaped by the coal seams under the surrounding hills and by the railroad that hauled them out. The rail yards and shops of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh line drew workers and merchants, and the town's streets and blocks grew up around that traffic. Churches, schools, and the storefronts along Main Street formed the core of daily life for families who had come from farms and lumber camps. A local custom that would later make the town famous, the February groundhog forecast promoted by the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club since 1887, was already part of its civic identity by the middle of the decade.
| Created / published | 1895 |
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| Creator | moyer, james b., fowler, t. m. (thaddeus mortimer) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, drawn in 1895. 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 | 7,848 × 5,616 px · prints to 26 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Lindsey, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-490636 |
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