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Here¹s a relevant excerpt from a description I wrote for a bird¹s-eye view by John Fowler, with the references I used. Full description at http://www.georgeglazer.com/archives/prints/vista/shenandoah.html : ³With the growth of railroads and the western expansion that occurred after the Civil War, towns commissioned such views to promote settlement, attract businesses, and foster civic pride. In an era before aviation, the creation of these panoramas was an act of imagination, combining information from city maps, ground-level sketches of buildings and the rules of Renaissance perspective into a convincing aerial view. Indeed, the hand-drawn view died out between 1910 and 1925 partly because aerial photography supplanted the need for these specialized skills. Itinerant artists like Fowler typically exhibited their final drawings to the public prior before reproducing them as lithographic prints to both insure accuracy and attract advance orders and sponsorships from advertisers to have their buildings featured in vignettes and legends on the map.² References: Hébert, John R., ed., rev. by Patrick E. Dempsey. Panoramic Maps of Cities in the United States and Canada. 2nd ed. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1984. pp. 5-8. Wise, Donald A. ³Bird¹s-Eye Views of Oklahoma Towns.² Originally published in The Chronicles of Oklahoma, vol. 67, no. 3 (Fall 1989): 228- 247. Online Compilation of Historical Documents by Don Wise. 4 June 1998. http://home.earthlink.net/~dawise/view.htm (7 December 2004). ø ø ø ø ø ø ø ø ø ø ø ø ø ø ø ø ø Helen Glazer, Creative Director George Glazer Gallery http://www.georgeglazer.com Antique Globes, Maps & Prints ø ø ø ø ø ø ø ø ø ø ø ø ø ø ø ø ø This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Dear subscribers MapHist, I enclose a message from Museum-L in respect to historical maps. I trust this information is sufficient for your purposes, in case you require any additional details, please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned. Yours sincerely, Cordiali Saluti Marzio Veneman The Netherlands ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Robin Gabriel <robin_gabr...@nps.gov> To: museu...@home.ease.lsoft.com Sent: Wed, February 17, 2010 2:43:03 PM Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Bird's eye view maps Can anyone tell me how late 19th C. birds-eye view maps were created? In particular I am interested in knowing how the artist was able to get so much details into the maps - was aerial photography used? Thanks, Robin - - - - - - - - - - - - - Robin H. Gabriel Supervisory Park Ranger (Education) Lowell National Historical Park 67 Kirk Street Lowell, MA 01852 robin_gabr...@nps.gov 978-970-5084
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