Rockhill borough, Orbisonia borough

Orbisonia and Rock Hill from the air, 1906

Birds eye view of Orbisonia and Rock Hill, Pennsylvania, 1906. A perspective map, not drawn to scale.Fowler & Kelly, 1906. Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps collection. Public domain. LOC 75696513

Nobody flew over Orbisonia in 1906. The bird's eye view was a commercial art form: an artist walked the streets, drew every building, and then assembled them into a perspective nobody had ever actually seen. Fowler and Kelly made this one of the two boroughs together, and the Library of Congress holds it. It is a perspective map, not drawn to scale, which means the buildings are real and the geometry is persuasion.

Sources

Fowler & Kelly, "Birds eye view of Orbisonia and Rock Hill, Pennsylvania, 1906". Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, Panoramic Maps collection (2nd edition), number 822; LOC item 75696513. The catalogue records it as a perspective map not drawn to scale. Public domain.

Checked 2026-09-01 · Library of Congress Panoramic Maps

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