This is a fun map to review. The artist who created this map, Howard Heston Bailey, was one of two brothers who specialized in this sort of panoramic view of 19th century America. His biography is shown below, as well as that of his younger brother, who carried on the same sort of work. This was found in a book titled, Artists in Ohio, 1787-1900: A Biographical Dictionary, which explains all the references to Ohio.
Wisconsin Historical Society, Bailey, H.H. (Howard Heston) 1836-1878, Menasha, Wis., 12481. Viewed online at (https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM12481).
Be sure to view the map at this link where you can pan and zoom and truly enjoy it: http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/maps/id/118 Notice how Broad Street is labeled as Main and how the later Paris Street is listed as Berlin Street. See the strange spellings of Kaukauna and Konemac Streets. Notice Nicolet Boulevard referred to as "The Avenue." Regular readers of this blog will recognize these references. There's always a lot to learn from old maps.
I would love to get a reproduction of this map and frame it.
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My favorite portion of this map has always been the old wagon bridge that went to James Island and across Little Lake Butte des Morts connecting with Winchester Road. Richard Mason etal had a great article in Voyageur magazine on this bridge. More can be found at http://www.wuaa.org/pdfs/NL%202009/WUAA%20dec09%20email.pdf
ReplyDeleteYou can order a print from the Wisconsin Historical Society; just use that first link after the two biographies. They have all sizes from 5x7 to 30x40. I bought one last year and it looks really nice.
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