This rare bird's-eye view of Lawrence, Kansas was copyrighted by D.D. Morse and printed in Chicago by William Zeuch & Co. The view looks to the south and was taken approximately 25 years after the city was established by the New England Emigrant Aid Company. It was named after Amos Lawrence, an abolitionist from Massachusetts who promoted financial incentives for northern settlers to the area. In the view's foreground is the small suburb of North Lawrence, home to the Kansas Pacific Railroad Depot, with two bridges providing access over the Kansas River. Beyond the river is the nascent city of Lawrence (population approximately 8,500) with an orderly street grid pattern named mostly after states and influential politicians. Two tables at bottom, broken out between "the new" and "the old," identify 33 points of interest including churches, schools, factories, the University of Kansas (#12), and the state's first windmill (#26). Small insets at bottom further illustrate the "Bismarck Grove & Tabernacle" and "Lawrence in 1855." We found only two other examples of this view for sale in the last 30 years and two institutional holdings on OCLC.

References: Reps #1101.

Condition: B

On a lightly toned sheet with a few faint spots. There is an edge tear at lower right that extends 2" into the image, another small edge tear at top right that extends 1" into the image, and several other edge tears confined to the top and bottom margins, all of which have been closed on verso with archival tape.