Bird's Eye View Maps

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Variously called "Bird's Eye View Maps", "Panoramic Maps" or "Perspective Maps", these maps of hundreds of US towns and cities were popular during the post-civil war era, and showed urban features from a height of 2000 to 3000 feet above the ground. In addition to depicting the layout of a town in great detail, the maps often included detailed drawings of commercial and government buildings, schools, churches, railway depots, hospitals and private residences.