A Map of the City of Washington in the District of Columbia – Antique Map Print
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Few images capture their era like this antique map of A Map of the City of Washington in the District of Columbia. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
A Map of the City of Washington in the District of Columbia
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A Map of the City of Washington in the District of Columbia shows the capital as it was laid out on paper long before it was built up. Washington was planned in the 1790s under Pierre Charles L'Enfant, whose grid of broad avenues crossed by numbered and lettered streets was meant to give the new federal city monumental scale. Maps like this one helped investors, officials and surveyors understand the intended street plan, which in the early decades often ran through open fields, marshland and scattered farms rather than dense blocks. Look closely at the labeled public buildings and the diagonal avenues, which reveal the ambition behind a city that took most of the nineteenth century to fill in.
| Original scan | 9,613 × 7,617 px · prints to 32 × 25 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | ct001437 |
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