Exploring South Acton, Massachusetts in 1886
This map of South Acton, Massachusetts was created in 1886 by Lucien R. Burleigh, an artist and cartographer who spent his career traveling across America creating detailed bird’s eye view maps of small towns and their landmarks. When Burleigh created this map, South...
9 Motivational Quotes From “Teddy”, Theodore Roosevelt
The boy who is going to make a great man, or is going to count in any way in the after life…
Beautifully detailed map of Leominster, MA from 1886
Historic bird’s eye view of Leominster, Massachusetts from 1886
Beautiful bird’s eye view of Laconia, NH from 1883
This map of Laconia, New Hampshire was created in 1883 by Lucien R. Burleigh, an artist who spent much of his career visiting small towns across America and creating detailed maps of what he saw. His hand drawn map of Laconia captured the town as it looked at the end...
Beautifully restored map of Wakefield, Mass from 1882
This old map shows Wakefield, Massachusetts as it looked in 1882.
Beautifully detailed map of Goffstown, NH from 1887
Click here to see what Goffstown, NH looked like in 1887.
Beautiful hand drawn map of Middlebury, Vermont from 1886
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Amazing bird’s eye view of Hallstead, PA in 1887
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Theodore Roosevelt’s patriotic message to Harvard students
Theodore Roosevelt graduated Harvard in 1880, and wrote the following essay for…
Hand drawn map of Brattleboro, Vermont from 1886
Click here to see what Brattleboro, VT looked like 100+ years ago.
