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- VINTAGE MAP REPRODUCTION: You’ll love this high quality historic reproduction of 1915 The Twin Ports Superior Wisconsin Duluth Minnesota Map. 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 1915 The Twin Ports in Duluth Minnesota & Superior Wisconsin Map Print. 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
Located on the banks of the iconic Lake Superior, the twin ports at Duluth, MN, and Superior, WI, helped spur economic development and settlement in the region, beginning with French fur trappers in the seventeenth century. By 1915 the area had become a significant gateway for goods making their way to the Midwest and had experienced considerable growth and development. Both cities attracted immigrants from across Western Europe and Scandinavia, which established neighborhoods and communities based on cultural lines. The port in Duluth is the furthest inland port that is accessible to ocean-going vessels and the largest on any Great Lake.
Illustrated and published by Henry Wellge, this map bears a distinctive style and classic aesthetic that transports the viewer back in time immediately. Wellge was among five cartographers responsible for creating more than half of all panoramic maps included in the Library of Congress, and his prolific body of work remains some of the most revered maps made during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Wellge's lithographs were used to promote towns and cities across the United States, and with the expansion of the Great Northern Railway in the late nineteenth century, the area experienced a boom in population.
Bird's eye perspectives were widely popular during this period and provide a glimpse of the development of American culture as new areas were established and settled. The Twin Ports remained one of the largest ports in the United States, surpassing New York City in tonnage annually and throughout the twentieth century.
