Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1882 – 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 Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1882, an antique map rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of the city of Santa Fé, N.M. 1882
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Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1882
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Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1882 was the capital of a territory that had only recently begun drawing outside attention. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad reached the town in 1880 by a branch line from Lamy, and its depot drew merchants and newcomers to the blocks south and east of the old plaza. Civic life still centered on the Palace of the Governors and on Spanish-speaking families whose sheep, wool and trade had sustained the region for generations. Residents knew their city as one of the oldest seats of European settlement in the United States, a reputation that the arriving rail traffic was starting to turn into a draw for visitors.
| Created / published | 1882 |
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| Creator | wellge, h. (henry), stoner, j. j., beck & pauli |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Santa Fe, New Mexico, drawn in 1882. 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--New Mexico |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 7,120 × 4,400 px · prints to 24 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of the city of Santa Fé, N.M. 1882 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489798 |
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