41 Rare Antique Panoramic Maps of Missouri on CD 

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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.

(Hermann, MO 1869)

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 41 panoramic maps of Missouri.
Here is a list of all the cities and dates represented on this CD

1. Aurora 1891 2. Brookfield 1869 3. California 1869 4. Carthage 1891 5. Chillicothe 1869 6. Columbia 1869 7. Hannibal 1869 8. Hermann 1869 9. Holden 1869 10. Independence 1868 11. Jefferson City 1869 12. Kansas City 1869 13. Kansas City 1895 14. Lexington 1869 15. Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : St Louis) 1904 16. Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : St Louis) 1904 17. Macon 1869 18. Mexico 1869 19. Pacific 1869 20. Palmyra 1869

21. Pleasant Hill 1869 22. Saint Charles 1869 23. Saint Joseph 1868 24. Saint Louis 1848? 25. Saint Louis 1859 26. Saint Louis 1873 27. Saint Louis 1874 28. Saint Louis 1876 29. Saint Louis 1876 30. Saint Louis 1884 31. Saint Louis 1893 32. Saint Louis 1894 33. Saint Louis 1895 34. Saint Louis 1896 35. Saint Louis 1896 36. Saint Louis 1897? 37. Saint Louis 1904 38. Saint Louis 1907 39. Sedalia 1869 40. Warrensburg 1869 41. Washington 1869

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.

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Additional Map Samples

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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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