KY Lexington 1871 MAP – 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 rare antique map captures KY Lexington 1871 MAP in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of the city of Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky 1871
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KY Lexington 1871 MAP
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Lexington's 1871 bird's-eye view presents the Bluegrass city as a horse-breeding and hemp-processing center, a reputation that also earned it the nickname "Athens of the West" for its schools and colleges. The panorama was drawn in the perspective style that the lithographers Ehrgott & Krebs and the artist A. Ruger popularized after the Civil War, when towns commissioned views from a high vantage point showing every street, church and factory. Look closely at the rooflines and the surrounding farmland to see how a town of this period sat at the edge of its agricultural countryside.
| Created / published | 1871 |
|---|---|
| Creator | ehrgott & krebs, ruger, a. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 5,280 × 4,166 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of the city of Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky 1871 |
| Reference | KY-Lexington-1871 |
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