Union City, Pennsylvania, 1895 – 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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A window into the past: Union City, Pennsylvania, 1895, preserved in this antique map. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Union City, Erie County, Pennsylvania 1895
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Union City, Pennsylvania, 1895
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Union City, a borough in Erie County in northwestern Pennsylvania, was a small railroad and farm town in 1895, set among the forests and oil-producing country that shaped much of the region's economy in that decade. Lumber cutting and the tanning trade, which relied on hemlock bark, drew workers and capital into the wider area, and rail lines carried timber, bark, and farm goods to larger markets. Residents of a town this size would have measured their lives by church, school, and the depot, where the arrival of trains marked the rhythm of the day. Much of the borough's growth rested on these connections to the outside world, and its streets and buildings reflected a community still expanding in the years before the twentieth century.
| Created / published | 1895 |
|---|---|
| Creator | moyer, james b., fowler, t. m. (thaddeus mortimer) |
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Pennsylvania |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,384 × 5,696 px · prints to 28 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Union City, Erie County, Pennsylvania 1895 |
| Reference | PA-UnionCity-1895 |
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