Independence, Missouri, 1868 – 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 Independence, Missouri, 1868 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of the city of Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri 1868
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Independence, Missouri, 1868
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Independence, Missouri, in 1868 was the county seat of Jackson County, a few miles east of the rising river town of Kansas City. For a generation it had served as an outfitting point for travelers bound for Santa Fe and Oregon, and wagon trains had left its streets with freight and supplies. The Civil War had torn through the county, and in the years after 1865 residents were still sorting out loyalties, property, and the politics of a state that had been sharply divided. Merchants, lawyers, and county officials made up much of the town's civic life, and the courthouse square was its center. The drawing shows that compact core of stores, churches, and homes, the kind of town its residents knew as a place shaped by the old overland trade and the uneasy peace that followed the war.
| Created / published | 1868 |
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| Creator | ruger, a. |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Independence, Missouri, drawn in 1868. 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 × 6,976 px · prints to 29 × 23 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of the city of Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri 1868 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489391 |
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