Detroit 1889
Detroit Map Print | Vintage Detroit Map 1889 | Michigan Wall Art | Antique Bird's-Eye View City Map Digital Download
$7
Sold through our Etsy shop; the files download the moment the order goes through.
This map in every format
- Digital files — this page
- Matte poster — from $42.95
Vintage map print — Detroit, 1889. Digital download; you print it.
A gift for anyone who calls Detroit home — delivered instantly, so it's never too late to give as a Christmas gift.
Panoramic lithograph: Birds eye view--showing about three miles square--of the central portion of the city of Detroit, Michigan.
WHAT YOU GET — 5 JPEGs at 300 DPI
- 8x10 in (2.2 MB)
- 11x14 in (4 MB)
- 16x20 in (7.3 MB)
- 18x24 in (9.4 MB)
- 24x36 in (16.5 MB)
8x10, 11x14, 16x20 are true 300 DPI from the original scan. 18x24, 24x36 are enlarged to reach that size, which holds up framed but is not native resolution. I would rather tell you that than let you find out.
WHAT I ACTUALLY DID TO IT
The library scan arrived with the scanner surround still on it and a century of grey in the paper. I trimmed the surround, stretched the tone back to warm paper, and took one pixel of scanner speckle off — the buildings stay sharp, the age stays in.
HONEST ABOUT THE SOURCE
The original scan is a public-domain record from the Library of Congress Panoramic Maps collection. You could download it yourself for nothing. What you are paying for is the restoration and the sized, print-ready files — not access to the map.
HOW TO PRINT IT
Any print shop, any online printer, or at home. Ask for matte or a cotton rag if they offer it. The files are RGB at 300 DPI with the density tagged, so a shop will size them correctly without asking.
NOT INCLUDED
No physical item is shipped. No frame. This is a digital download.
Source: Library of Congress, archive record · 1889
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