Vintage Map of Oberlin College, 1929

Oberlin in 1929 — the first American college to admit Black students, the first to regularly admit women, and home to one of the oldest conservatories in the country — captured just before the Depression.

Oberlin was founded in 1833 and almost immediately began doing things that no other American college was doing: admitting Black students starting in 1835, regularly admitting women starting in 1837, training abolitionists who would shelter fugitives on the Underground Railroad. The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, founded in 1865, is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. This 1929 map shows Tappan Square at the center, the Conservatory, the Memorial Arch commemorating the Boxer Rebellion missionaries, and the compact Ohio college town that produced an outsized share of American reformers.

An Oberlin map on a wall is a specific signal. Faculty who are drawn to it tend to know exactly why.

DETAILS
- Source map: 1929, Oberlin, Ohio
- Cartography: Bird's-eye aerial perspective
- Print sizes: 12×18, 18×24, 24×36, 32×48, 40×60 (varies by option)
- Finishes: unframed print, black frame, walnut frame, natural frame, canvas

ABOUT TED'S VINTAGE ART
Ted's digitally restores historic maps and prints each piece to order. Framed versions use solid wood with UV-protective glass; canvas prints are stretched over solid wooden bars. Because each print is made when you order it, allow a few extra days for production.