Haverhill, Massachusetts : 1893

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Haverhill, Massachusetts

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Title:
Haverhill, Massachusetts : 1893
Description:
Haverhill, located on the north side of the Merrimack River, is depicted from the south in this colorful bird's eye view. This composition focuses on the city's waterfront and central business district. Several larger factories, located near the railroad tracks and small tributary Little Rive rare positioned just left of center. However, the true nature of the city's industrial and commercial activity is captured in the marginal insets. Of the sixty-four vignettes, twenty-eight depicted boot, shoe, and slipper manufacturers while one portrayed a hat factory. Next to Lynn and Brockton, Haverhill was the state's third most important producer of footwear, primarily fine ladies shoes. The marginal insets, along with the legend's twenty-six entries, provide a more balanced image of the city's social and cultural life than many of the bird's eye views did for other industrial towns. They identified several public buildings, including the city hall, public library, and high school, which were pictured at the top center. Flanking these images are six churches. One of these was the French Catholic Church providing evidence of the French-Canadian population, one of the major immigrant groups that came to New England communities to work in the factories. In addition, there are pictures of seven private residences, most likely of the citys wealthiest citizens, but also the birthplace of poet John Greenleaf Whittier.
Creator:
O.H. Bailey & Co
Date:
[ca. 1893]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Haverhill (Mass.)--Aerial views
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Haverhill
Extent:
1 view : col. ; 62 x 90 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Boston : O.H. Bailey & Co.
Scale:
Not drawn to scale.
Language:
English
Notes:
Bird's-eye view.
Includes ill. and index to points of interest.
Notes (exhibitions):
Exhibited: "Boston & Beyond: A Bird’s Eye View of New England" organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2008.
Identifier:
06_01_001663
Call #:
G3764.H5A3 1893 .O43
Barcode:
39999058989912
LCCN:
75694577