Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 1867 – 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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Few images capture their era like this antique map of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 1867. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 1867
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Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 1867
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Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, sits at the southern tip of Lake Winnebago, where the Fox River leaves the lake, and in 1867 it was the seat of Fond du Lac County. Lumber, flour milling, and river and lake shipping had driven its early growth, and a railroad line reaching the town in the late 1850s added grain and freight traffic. Two years after the Civil War ended, local life centered on the mills, wharves, and county business that moved farm produce from the surrounding countryside out to markets. Residents would have known the town as a trading point at the head of the river, where wheat and timber from the region were gathered, milled, and sent onward.
| Created / published | 1867 |
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| Creator | ruger, a., chicago lithographing co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, drawn in 1867. 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--Wisconsin |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,944 × 6,976 px · prints to 30 × 23 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 1867 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-491385 |
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