Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1899 – 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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Step back in time with Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1899, 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: Pittsfield, Mass
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Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1899
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In 1899 Pittsfield, the largest town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, was a mill and manufacturing center in the hills of the state's west. Its woolen mills, paper works, and machine shops drew workers from across the region, and the Boston and Albany Railroad line through the town carried goods and travelers to Boston, Albany, and New York. Residents knew the town for its public library, the Berkshire Athenaeum, which had opened in 1876, and for the summer visitors who came to the surrounding hills and lakes. The map records the town's streets, church spires, and factory yards at a moment when industry and the railroad were reshaping its center.
| Created / published | 1899 |
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| Creator | fausel, c. (christian), rapp, j. e., van de carr, a. m. |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, drawn in 1899. 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 | 10,460 × 6,821 px · prints to 35 × 23 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Pittsfield, Mass |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488948 |
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