Sketch Map of the Phila. and Readg. Railroad and its Branches
Dated May, 1873, this is a very basic map showing almost no information outside of the railroad lines themselves.
Comments Off Map of the Rail Roads of Pennsylvania and Parts of Adjoining States
Pennsylvania railroad map, showing drainage, counties, stations, and the railroad network in red. Finished rail lines are solid. Dashed lines are presumably projected or under construction. No legend on this map.
Comments Off Map of the Philadelphia and Erie Railway, Branches and Connecting Lines
Pennsylvania map showing the lines of the Philadelphia and Erie Railway, with its branches and connecting lines and station names. Mountains and hills are indicated by hachures. Railroad lines are named.
Comments Off Map of the Marietta and Pittsburgh Railroad and its Connections
Railroad map showing the lines of the Marietta and Pittsburgh Railroad in 1871, with its connections, and related train stations. Also depicted on the map are coal, iron, and oil fields.
Comments Off tags: Coal, Indiana, Iron, Marietta and Pittsburgh Railroad, Ohio, Oil, Pennsylvania, Railroads
Copy of a Sketch of the Monongahela, With the Field of Battle, Done by an Indian
Drawn by a Native American in the service of the British, this map shows the area where General Braddock’s disastrous campaign faltered. In this map the name Ohio R. ou la belle rivière is applied also to the Allegheny River. The words “direction of” have been inserted in pencil between “By” and “an Indian.”
Comments Off Zelienople, Butler County, Pennsylvania
Panoramic and colored bird’s-eye view of Zelienople, Pennsylvania in 1901, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area. Major churches and other buildings are illustrated in insets along the outside of the image.
An illustration of William Kavanaugh and Company is in the lower right, an advertisement paid for by the firm.
Comments Off York, Pa.
Panoramic and colored bird’s-eye view of York, Pennsylvania in 1879, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area. Major churches and other buildings are illustrated in insets along the outside of the image.
Davoust Kern was not a prolific panoramic artist by any stretch, but was a man of multiple talents. In addition to being a well-known local sculptor, he received a patent in 1861 for “an improved process of preparing the flanking of leather for soling.”
Comments Off Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of Wrightsville, Pennsylvania in 1894, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area. An index to churches, businesses and other major buildings is included.
The “Columbia Bridge” seen here replaced the bridge burned by local residents during the Civil War, but was itself destroyed by a storm in 1896, two years after the completion of this panoramic. The stone pillars are still visible in the water today, just north of the current Veterans Memorial Bridge (built in 1930).
Comments Off Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Highly detailed panoramic bird’s-eye view of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1889, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area. Illustrations of major buildings and an index to schools, railroads and stations, churches and other major buildings is also included.
Comments Off Valley Forge, Pa.
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of Valley Forge, Pennsylvania in 1890, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area. Illustrations from the American Revolution are inset, along with several natural features in the area.
Comments Off Union City, Erie County, Pennsylvania
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of Union City, Pennsylvania in 1895, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area. Streets, buildings, railroads and the surrounding area are illustrated. An index to major buildings is included.
Comments Off Strasburg, Lancaster Co., Pa.
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of Strasburg, Pennsylvania in 1903, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area.
Comments Off Scranton, Penn.
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1890, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area.
Comments Off The City of Reading, Pennsylvania
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of Reading, Pennsylvania in 1898, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area.
Comments Off Providence, Pennsylvania
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of Providence, Pennsylvania in 1892, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area. Blank ‘papers’ were drawn in the lower right, presumably to allow the addition of custom content after publication.
Comments Off Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1902, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area. The industrial nature of the city is indicated by the numerous smokestacks throughout the city and on the riverboats. Pollution from these smokestacks often obscured visibility and sunlight to a remarkable degree the late 19th and early 20th centuries, so relatively clear views like this were a rare sight indeed.
This view differs from those drawn by Otto Krebs in the late 19th century. Fowler drew this looking eastward at Pittsburgh (possibly from Duquesne Heights), while Krebs drew his looking north from what is now called Mount Washington.
Comments Off View of Pittsburgh and Allegheny
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1874, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area. The industrial nature of the city is indicated by the numerous smokestacks throughout the city and on the riverboats. Pollution from these smokestacks often obscured visibility and sunlight to a remarkable degree the late 19th and early 20th centuries, so relatively clear views like this were a rare sight indeed.
Allegheny is now part of Pittsburgh.
Comments Off Pittsburgh, Allegheny & Birmingham
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1871, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area. The industrial nature of the city is indicated by the numerous smokestacks throughout the city and on the riverboats. Pollution from these smokestacks often obscured visibility and sunlight to a remarkable degree the late 19th and early 20th centuries, so relatively clear views like this were a rare sight indeed.
Allegheny and Birmingham, shown here, are no longer towns. Birmingham is now the neighborhood of South Side Pittsburgh.
Comments Off Oil City, Pennsylvania
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of Oil City, Pennsylvania in 1896, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area. An index to churches and other major features of the town is found below the map.
Comments Off Verona and Oakmont, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of the towns of Verona and Oakmont, Pennsylvania in 1898, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area. An index to churches and other major features of the town is found below the map.
Oakmont is on the left and more in the distance, while Verona appears closer.
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