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The panoramic map was a popular cartographic form used to depict U.S. and Canadian cities and towns during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (1847 to 1929.) Known also as bird's-eye views, perspective maps, and aero views, panoramic maps are nonphotographic representations of cities portrayed as if viewed from above at an oblique angle. Although not generally drawn to scale, they show street patterns, individual buildings, and major landscape features in perspective.
Panoramic maps were frequently commissioned by a chamber of commerce or real estate agency and were often subscribed to by various members of the rising middle class who displayed views of their hometown with great civic pride. These maps reveal much about the great contrasts and contradictions of the industrial age and the progressive era.
(Apollo, PA 1896)
Panoramic maps graphically depict the vibrant life of a city. Harbors are shown choked with ships, often to the extent of constituting hazards to navigation. Trains speed along railroad tracks, at times on the same roadbed with locomotives and cars headed in the opposite direction. People and horsedrawn carriages fill the streets, and smoke belches from the stacks of industrial plants. Urban and industrial development in post-Civil War America is vividly portrayed in the maps.
Preparation of panoramic maps involved a vast amount of painstakingly detailed labor. For each project a frame or projection was developed, showing in perspective the pattern of streets. The artist then walked in the street, sketching buildings, trees, and other features to present a complete and accurate landscape as though seen from an elevation of 2,000 to 3,000 feet.
This CD Contains 100 panoramic maps of Pennsylvania.
Here is a list of all the cities and dates represented on this CD
1. Alburtis / Lockridge 1893
2. Allentown 1879
3. Allentown 1901 1900
4. Allentown 1922
5. Allentown 1922
6. Altoona 1895
7. Apollo 1896
8. Archbald 1892
9. Bangor 1918
10. Beaver 1900
11. Belle Vernon 1902
12. Berlin 1905
13. Bernville 1898
14. Bethlehem 1877
15. Birdsboro 1890
16. Bradford 1895
17. Brookville 1895
18. Brownsville (Fayette County) / Bridgeport (Fayette County) / West Brownsville 1883
19. Brownsville (Fayette County) 1902
20. Burnham / Yeagertown 1906
21. Butler 1896
22. California (Washington County) 1902
23. California 1902
24. Cambridge Springs 1895
25. Cambridge Springs 1895
26. Canonsburg 1897
27. Carbondale 1890
28. Carnegie 1897
29. Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia) 1876
30. Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia) 1876
31. Chambersburg 1894
32. Charleroi 1897
33. Chester 1885
34. Clarion 1896
35. Clearfield (Clearfield County) 1895
36. Collegeville 1894
37. Columbia 1894
38. Confluence 1905
39. Connellsville 1897
40. Corry 1870
41. Corry 1895
42. Curwensville 1895
43. Dawson 1902
44. Derry 1900
45. Downingtown 1893
46. DuBois 1895
47. Dunbar 1900
48. Duncannon 1903
49. Dunmore 1892
50. Duquesne 1897 |
51. Easton
United States--New Jersey--Phillipsburg 1900
52. Edinboro 1898
53. Edwardsville 1892
54. Elizabeth / West Elizabeth 1897
55. Emlenton 1897
56. Ephrata 1887
57. Erie 1870
58. Erie 1909
59. Evans City 1900
60. Everett 1905
61. Factoryville (Wyoming County) 1891
62. Fleetwood 1893
63. Ford City 1896
64. Forest City 1889
65. Frackville 1889
66. Franklin (Venango County) 1901
67. Gallitzin 1901
68. Gettysburg 1888
69. Girardville 1889
70. Glassport 1902
71. Great Bend 1887
72. Greensburg 1901
73. Grove City 1901
74. Hallstead 1887
75. Hamburg 1889
76. Harmony (Butler County) 1901
77. Harrisburg 1855
78. Homestead 1902
79. Honesdale 1890
80. Hyndman 1906
81. Indiana 1900
82. Irvona 1895
83. Irwin 1897
84. Jeannette 1897
85. Jermyn 1889
86. Johnsonburg 1895
87. Kittanning 1896
88. Latrobe 1900
89. Lewisburg 1884
90. Ligonier 1900
91. Lindsey (Punxsutawney) 1895
92. Macungie 1893
93. Mahanoy City 1889
94. McDonald 1897
95. McKees Rocks 1901
96. McKeesport 1893
97. Mechanicsburg 1903
98. Meyersdale 1900
99. Mifflin 1895
100. Mifflintown 1895 |
Each image on the CD is a super high resolution scan of the original map and software that is included in the CD lets you view the map in any degree of detail you want - anything from postcard sized all the way to wall sized - complete with features to allow you to manipulate the map in a wide variety of ways - even printing out the entire map or just a portion of it to your printer in any size you want.
Additional Map Samples
Here is an example of the level of enlargement that is possible with this special viewing program. It clearly shows how it goes from postcard sized to incredible detail.
(Smallest size of this image)
(Small portion enlarged 2 times)
(Small portion enlarged 4 times)
(Small portion enlarged 5 times - this enlargement represents the full
original size of the map when printed at full scale.)
As you can see from the series of images, each map contains a wealth of interesting details to explore.
A panoramic map cd is great for the entire family. Here are just a few possibilities
- The CD is a great way to study the history of your town or city with your children.
- Imagine being able to look at a map this old and being able to find your childhood (or even current) house.
- And what a great gift for the family historian or geneaologist to be able to see the old neighborhoods exactly as they were.
- And imagine the thrill of being able to share this map CD as a gift to your relatives to bring back memories of the good old days and remember old friends in their childhood neighborhood.
Computer Requirements for Running this CD
You must either have a PC running Windows 98 or newer (NT, XP, ME, etc.) or a MAC running OS X or later. Additionally, you will need to install the special viewing software (MrSid) which is included on your CD.
MrSid is a special software map viewer program that allows you to view these maps in incredible detail. It also allows you to manipulate/select portions or the entirety of the map for printing or exporting in TIF format to work on the map in your favorite graphics program if you wish.
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