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Oakley was most likely aware of his older brother's rendition, since they often worked together before Howard died in 1878. However, Oakley chose a completely different vantage point for his drawing and made some significant changes. In his drawing, Oakley re-oriented his presentation, viewing the town from the southeast. In this drawing, correcting his brother's error, he drew the train station as it had actually been built. He also relegated it to the lower right corner, neither displaying it prominently nor labeling it. His brother had included a legend identifying twenty-four important structures, primarily factories and commercial buildings but no public buildings. Providing a more balanced coverage, Oakley expanded his legend to identify thirty structures. His list includes city hall, the court house, a school, seven churches, three hotels, and seventeen factories. Both drawings prominently display the two large textile complexes. Oakley reverses their relative position, however, placing Nashua Manufacturing Company on the left and the Indian Head Mills on the right.
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Document identity
localId
3f4635080
label
Nashua, New Hampshire
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
3f4635080
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Nashua, New Hampshire
description
Oakley was most likely aware of his older brother's rendition, since they often worked together before Howard died in 1878. However, Oakley chose a completely different vantage point for his drawing and made some significant changes. In his drawing, Oakley re-oriented his presentation, viewing the town from the southeast. In this drawing, correcting his brother's error, he drew the train station as it had actually been built. He also relegated it to the lower right corner, neither displaying it prominently nor labeling it. His brother had included a legend identifying twenty-four important structures, primarily factories and commercial buildings but no public buildings. Providing a more balanced coverage, Oakley expanded his legend to identify thirty structures. His list includes city hall, the court house, a school, seven churches, three hotels, and seventeen factories. Both drawings prominently display the two large textile complexes. Oakley reverses their relative position, however, placing Nashua Manufacturing Company on the left and the Indian Head Mills on the right.
date
["1883"]
year
1883
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_001623
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Buildings--New Hampshire--Nashua--Pictorial works
Nashua (N.H.)--Maps
Nashua (N.H.)--Aerial views
subjectsGeographic
Hillsborough (county)
Nashua
New Hampshire
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
New Hampshire
county
Hillsborough
city
Nashua
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Boston
publisher
O.H. Bailey & Co.
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
schema:latitude
42.75
schema:longitude
-71.4667
extent
1 view ; 56 x 83 cm
notes
Bird's-eye view of Nashua from the southeast.
Includes references to points of interest.
Includes 16 illustrations of buildings.
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no
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3f4635080
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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e2996729cb252169