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Image:Wellge8.jpg|8. [[Osceola Club]] Building.
 
Image:Wellge8.jpg|8. [[Osceola Club]] Building.
 
Image:Wellge9.jpg|9. [[Union Depot|L. & N. and P. & A. R. R. Passenger Depot]].
 
Image:Wellge9.jpg|9. [[Union Depot|L. & N. and P. & A. R. R. Passenger Depot]].
Image:Wellge10.jpg|10. Round House and Shops.
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Image:Wellge10.jpg|10. [[Roundhouse|Round House]] and Shops.
 
Image:Wellge12.jpg|12. Gulf Ice Co.'s Ice Mfg.
 
Image:Wellge12.jpg|12. Gulf Ice Co.'s Ice Mfg.
Image:Wellge13.jpg|13. Clubb's Block, [[A. V. Clubbs|A. V. Clubb's]].
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Image:Wellge13.jpg|13. [[Clubbs Block|Clubb's Block]], [[A. V. Clubbs|A. V. Clubb's]].
 
Image:Wellge14and18.jpg|14. [[Merchants Bank]], [[Louis P. Knowles]], Prest., [[E. W. Menefee]], Cash.
 
Image:Wellge14and18.jpg|14. [[Merchants Bank]], [[Louis P. Knowles]], Prest., [[E. W. Menefee]], Cash.
 
Image:Wellge5and15.jpg|15. [[First National Bank]], [[M. H. Sullivan]], Prest., [[W. A. S. Wheeler]], Cash.
 
Image:Wellge5and15.jpg|15. [[First National Bank]], [[M. H. Sullivan]], Prest., [[W. A. S. Wheeler]], Cash.

Latest revision as of 19:28, 2 October 2008

Overview of the Wellge map

The Wellge map is an aerial rendering of Pensacola created in 1885 by Henry Wellge. The extremely detailed lithograph is a bird's eye perspective of downtown Pensacola, then a bustling port city.

A legend, directory and numbered points of interest line the bottom, along with inset illustrations of three locations: the New Continental Hotel, the Navy Yards and the Merchants' Hotel.

The map was published by Norris, Wellge & Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Wellge toured across the continent and created similar renderings for more than 150 cities.

Details[edit]

Points of interest transcribed as written. See also the high-resolution version.

Directory[edit]

Notes[edit]

  • The map is not to scale and contains numerous spelling and consistency errors.
  • Belmont Street becomes 1st Street east of Hayne, north of which all the streets are numbered. (For example, Cervantes Street is shown as 5th Street.
  • Chase Street west of Reus is labeled Havanna Street.
  • Main Street is interrupted at Baylen Street; a smaller road continues westward and bridges a small inlet.

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