Peabody, Massachusetts, 1877 – 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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Step back in time with Peabody, Massachusetts, 1877, an antique map rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: View of Peabody, Mass. 1877
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Peabody, Massachusetts, 1877
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In 1877 Peabody was still working through the slump that followed the Panic of 1873, when slow orders and tight wages pressed hard on households across Essex County. Rutherford B. Hayes had only just taken office, and local families were watching how national politics would shape jobs at home. Catholic congregations were gaining members as the town grew, and their new parishes became centers of neighborhood life. The street-by-street drawing shows where those houses, churches, and workshops stood, recording a community measuring its prospects during hard years.
| Created / published | 1877 |
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| Creator | j. knauber & co, bailey, o. h. (oakley hoopes), hazen, j. c. |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Peabody, Massachusetts, drawn in 1877. 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--Massachusetts |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,272 × 6,448 px · prints to 28 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | View of Peabody, Mass. 1877 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488947 |
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