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Re: [MapHist] Fw: [MUSEUM-L] Bird's eye view maps

2010-02-23 Thread Helen Glazer

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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Compilation of Historical Documents by Don Wise.  4 June 1998.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).

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Helen Glazer, Creative Director
George Glazer Gallery
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Antique Globes, Maps & Prints
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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


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From: Robin Gabriel 
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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RE: [MapHist] Fw: [MUSEUM-L] Bird's eye view maps

2010-02-23 Thread Charles Burroughs

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Apologies to all Maphisters for this private message to my brother who lives in 
the Boston area.

Charles
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  From: maphist-boun...@geo.uu.nl [mailto:maphist-boun...@geo.uu.nl]on Behalf 
Of Charles Burroughs
  Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 4:47 PM
  To: Discussion group for map history
  Subject: RE: [MapHist] Fw: [MUSEUM-L] Bird's eye view maps


  Here's more on the Bird's Eye View Maps.  Should you ever desire to have a 
look at the Leventhal Map Center  at BPL, a very good friend of mine now heads 
that operation.  His name is Ron Grimm.  Simply make an appointment with him 
and he'll give you the red carpet treatment.  You could even get copies of 
those old Nierenstein Atlas pages of Bristol; might prove very useful for our 
June trip.

  Charles
-Original Message-
From: maphist-boun...@geo.uu.nl [mailto:maphist-boun...@geo.uu.nl]on Behalf 
Of Roberta Williams
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 3:45 PM
To: Discussion group for map history
    Subject: Re: [MapHist] Fw: [MUSEUM-L] Bird's eye view maps


From early in the nineteenth century until the turn of the 
twentieth-century, the bird's eye views were hand drawn by itinerant artists (I 
prefer to call them map makers).� They were sold by subscription� and after 
enough subscriptions were taken to make the job profitable the�map maker would 
make a sketch of the town.��They were first done in pencil as the artist walked 
the streets of the town, placing homes in the proper position on the map.�� He 
would send the map to a trusted lithographer who then transferred the drawing 
to stone.� I don't believe tethered balloons were ever used to draw the maps 
(it took about two weeks to finish a map of a small town), but the Norman B. 
Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library has the first air photo taken 
of Boston and it does not contain the detail that the bird's eye maps convey.� 
The Leventhal Map Center also had a tremendous collection of the birds' eye 
views!
�
Bobbie Williams


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  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

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  - Forwarded Message 
  From: Robin Gabriel 
  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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RE: [MapHist] Fw: [MUSEUM-L] Bird's eye view maps

2010-02-23 Thread Charles Burroughs

This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the 
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Here's more on the Bird's Eye View Maps.  Should you ever desire to have a look 
at the Leventhal Map Center  at BPL, a very good friend of mine now heads that 
operation.  His name is Ron Grimm.  Simply make an appointment with him and 
he'll give you the red carpet treatment.  You could even get copies of those 
old Nierenstein Atlas pages of Bristol; might prove very useful for our June 
trip.

Charles
  -Original Message-
  From: maphist-boun...@geo.uu.nl [mailto:maphist-boun...@geo.uu.nl]on Behalf 
Of Roberta Williams
  Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 3:45 PM
  To: Discussion group for map history
  Subject: Re: [MapHist] Fw: [MUSEUM-L] Bird's eye view maps


  From early in the nineteenth century until the turn of the twentieth-century, 
the bird's eye views were hand drawn by itinerant artists (I prefer to call 
them map makers).� They were sold by subscription� and after enough 
subscriptions were taken to make the job profitable the�map maker would make a 
sketch of the town.��They were first done in pencil as the artist walked the 
streets of the town, placing homes in the proper position on the map.�� He 
would send the map to a trusted lithographer who then transferred the drawing 
to stone.� I don't believe tethered balloons were ever used to draw the maps 
(it took about two weeks to finish a map of a small town), but the Norman B. 
Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library has the first air photo taken 
of Boston and it does not contain the detail that the bird's eye maps convey.� 
The Leventhal Map Center also had a tremendous collection of the birds' eye 
views!
  �
  Bobbie Williams


  On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 6:08 AM, MARZIO VENEMAN  wrote:

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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

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From: Robin Gabriel 
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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Re: [MapHist] Fw: [MUSEUM-L] Bird's eye view maps

2010-02-23 Thread Roberta Williams

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>From early in the nineteenth century until the turn of the
twentieth-century, the bird's eye views were hand drawn by itinerant artists
(I prefer to call them map makers).  They were sold by subscription  and
after enough subscriptions were taken to make the job profitable the map
maker would make a sketch of the town.  They were first done in pencil as
the artist walked the streets of the town, placing homes in the proper
position on the map.   He would send the map to a trusted lithographer who
then transferred the drawing to stone.  I don't believe tethered balloons
were ever used to draw the maps (it took about two weeks to finish a map of
a small town), but the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public
Library has the first air photo taken of Boston and it does not contain the
detail that the bird's eye maps convey.  The Leventhal Map Center also had a
tremendous collection of the birds' eye views!

Bobbie Williams

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 6:08 AM, MARZIO VENEMAN wrote:

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> Dear subscribers MapHist,
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>
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>
> I trust this information is sufficient for your purposes, in case you
> require any additional details, please do not hesitate to contact the
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>
> Yours sincerely,
> Cordiali Saluti
>
>
> Marzio Veneman
> The Netherlands
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> *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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[MapHist] Fw: [MUSEUM-L] Bird's eye view maps

2010-02-23 Thread MARZIO VENEMAN

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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

 


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- Forwarded Message 
From: Robin Gabriel 
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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