Hannibal, Missouri, 1869 – 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.)
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This antique map of Hannibal, Missouri, 1869 brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of the city of Hannibal, Marion Co., Missouri 1869
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Hannibal, Missouri, 1869
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Hannibal, Missouri, in 1869 was a river town in Marion County, set on the western bank of the Mississippi, where steamboats had long carried grain, lumber and livestock to St. Louis and downriver markets. The Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad had reached the town in 1859, linking its landings and warehouses to the interior of the state. That same year, the railroad bridge across the Mississippi opened, a crossing that tied Hannibal more firmly to the rail network. Samuel Clemens, who had grown up in the town and was writing as Mark Twain, had just published *The Innocents Abroad*, and local residents took pride in their most famous former neighbor.
| Created / published | 1869 |
|---|---|
| Creator | ruger, a. |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Hannibal, Missouri, drawn in 1869. 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--Missouri |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,704 × 6,848 px · prints to 29 × 23 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of the city of Hannibal, Marion Co., Missouri 1869 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489388 |
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