Feature Points
- VINTAGE MAP REPRODUCTION: You'll love this high quality historic reproduction of 1867 East Saginaw Michigan Map Poster. Our museum quality prints are archival grade, which means it will look great and last without fading for over 100 years. Our print to order maps are made in the USA and each map is inspected for quality. This beautiful artwork is a perfect addition to your themed decor. Vintage maps look great in the home, study or office. They make a perfect gift as well.
- MUSEUM QUALITY: This high quality map print will be a great addition to your vintage-themed wall. Don't waste money on cheap-looking, thin paper posters. We use thick, fine art print quality matte paper. Our professional's choice matte paper displays artwork in high detail without glare. The color is vibrant and text is easy to read. When framed, this map looks absolutely stunning.
- A LOOK BACK AT HISTORY: This is an impressive, historic reproduction of 1867 East Saginaw Michigan State Map Poster. A true piece of history. See our product description section for more fascinating information about this historic map and its significance.
- READY TO FRAME: This print includes a 0.2 inch border for a perfect frame fit and look. Our maps are designed to fit easy-to-find standard frame sizes, saving you money from having to pay for a custom frame. Each map is inspected for quality and shipped in a rigid tube.
- HISTORIX: We love history and art. Sometimes old maps have tears, folds, separations and other blemishes. We digitally restore and enhance maps while keeping its historical character. All our maps are proudly made in the USA. Customers all over the world love our vintage maps and we know you will too.
Additional Information
Produced by one of the early pioneers of the form, Prussian-born Albert Ruger, this bird's eye perspective of East Saginaw, Michigan, depicts the city in a period of significant growth and transformation following the conclusion of the American Civil War only two years prior. East Saginaw was incorporated as a city in 1859 and would experience considerable growth during the latter portions and early parts of the twentieth century as a major manufacturing hub that attracted residents and merchants alike who established neighborhoods and communities along cultural lines and shared heritages many of which exist to this day.
Bird's eye perspectives, or panoramic maps, were created as marketing materials designed to entice residents to burgeoning towns by highlighting economic opportunities, schools, religious communities, and natural features. They bear a highly distinct aesthetic and unique style that is immediately recognizable and transports the viewer back in time, creating a link between the present and the past that illustrates the evolution of the area over the course of its history. Ruger was one of the first cartographers to create bird's eye perspectives of towns and cities across the American Midwest, and his works would go on to inspire numerous other lithography houses to create similar works, each with their own artistic flourish.
This depiction of East Saginaw shows it in a time of prosperity as the industrial revolution kicked off and manufacturing facilities drew residents from across the American South, and this map is an authentic piece of American cartographical history.
