Hammond's Bird's-eye View Map of Philadelphia and Vicinity – Antique Wall Map
(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 Hammond's Bird's-eye View Map of Philadelphia and Vicinity brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Hammond's Bird's-eye View Map of Philadelphia and Vicinity
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This 1926 map presents Philadelphia and its surrounding towns in a slanted, pictorial view, as if seen from a high vantage point rather than from directly overhead. Edward W. Spofford drew it for C.S. Hammond & Company, a mapmaking firm that published bird's-eye views for a general audience. The date places it near the Sesquicentennial Exposition of 1926, which marked 150 years since the Declaration of Independence and drew attention to the city's historic sites and its street grid, laid out under William Penn's plan of 1682.
| Created / published | 1926 |
|---|---|
| Creator | spofford, edward w., c.s. hammond & company |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 5,064 × 3,522 px · prints to 17 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Hammond's bird's-eye view map of Philadelphia and vicinity |
| Reference | PA-Philadelphia-1926 |
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