Rock Island, Illinois, 1874 – 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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Rock Island, Illinois, 1874 comes to life in this antique map, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Panorama of Rock Island, Ill. as seen from Davenport, Iowa
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Rock Island, Illinois, 1874
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In 1874 Rock Island, Illinois, was still feeling the effects of the Panic of 1873, a financial collapse that cut orders at factories and froze building across the country. The town's economy rested on the Rock Island Arsenal, whose federal payroll and workshops kept many households steady, and on the Rock Island Plow Company, which had been turning out farm tools since 1865. Steamboats still tied up along the Mississippi, and rail freight moved goods inland from the riverfront. Residents would have known the town as a working place of mills, shops, and river landings, where the depression was a daily concern for families who depended on wages and credit.
| Created / published | 1874 |
|---|---|
| Creator | hageboeck, august |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Rock Island, Illinois, drawn in 1874. 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--Illinois |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 7,632 × 2,496 px · prints to 25 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Panorama of Rock Island, Ill. as seen from Davenport, Iowa |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488603 |
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