T.M. Fowler's birdseye map of Windber, Pennsylvania in 1900.
| Birdseye Map of Windber, Pennsylvania | |
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| Date: | 1900 |
| Author: | T.M. Fowler |
| Dwnld: | Full Size (7.9mb) |
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This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Pennsylvania that you might want to check out.
One of Fowler's stronger pieces, but not his best. He's holding perspective in check, at least, in this birdseye of Windber, Pennsylvania [gmap].
I like the composition, and I like it handles the inset well. It's well-balanced and has a pleasing shape.
Windber is a coal town, and was most well-known for manufacturing fire brick. If that's not manly enough for you I'll add this: it's the hometown of Tarzan. I hear that if you shake a Windber man's hand, then your own hand just crumbles into dust.
For more maps and images from this period in the region's history, visit the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
