Item number: MAT154
Genuine Antique Hand-Colored Map
1872
Maker: Walling and Gray.
This antique, hand-colored map was published in the 1872 "New Topographical Atlas of the State of Pennsylvania with Descriptions Historical, Scientific, and Statistical," by Walling and Gray. This map shows counties, major cities, some topography, and details railroad stations and post offices. Northampton County includes the towns of Allen, Bethlehem, Bushkill, East Allen, Forks, Hanover, Lehigh, Lower Mount Bethel, Lower Nazareth, Lower Saucon, Moore, Palmer, Plainfield, Upper Mount Bethel, Upper Nazareth, Washington, and Williams. Carbon County includes the towns of Banks, East Penn, Franklin, Kidder, Lausanne, Lehigh, Lower Towamensing, Mahoning, Mauch Chunk (now Jim Thorpe), Packer, Penn Forest, and Towamensing. Monroe County includes the towns of Barrett, Chestnuthill, Coolbaugh, Eldred, Hamilton, Jackson, Middle Smithfield, Paradise, Pocono, Polk, Price, Ross, Smithfield, Stroud, Tobyhanna, and Tunkhannock. Lehigh County includes the towns of Hanover, Heidelberg, Lower Macungie, Lower Milford, Lowhill, Lynn, North Whitehall, Salisbury, South Whitehall, Upper Macungie, Upper Milford, Upper Saucon, Washington, Weisenberg, and Whitehall. This map is in very good antique condition overall, with some minor toning at the paper edges and a very slight water stain at the bottom. It measures approximately 17.5 x 14 inches.
Genuine Antique Map from 1872.
Item Number: MAT154