North Carolina Vintage Map Pillow scarborough bluffs To fit on the folding

To fit on the folding map

At this time the city was dominated by the railways and you can see this in the simple grid-like layout of the city streets and the ever-present rail tracks linking the harbour with the rest of the world

Many wharves can be seen lining the bustling harbour and Point Pleasant Park

The old highways map shows Wrightsville Beach in the north and travels all the way down to historic Fort Fisher in the south

The vintage shading and nature of the map give this pillow an heirloom quality

North Carolina Vintage Map Pillow scarborough bluffs To fit on the foldingA genuine vintage style linen pillowcase with 100% down filled insert. The pillowcase features a real 1885 map of North Carolina taken from a small pocket atlas of the United States. Many small details make this an interesting specimen of North Carolina history for example, the spelling of New Bern with an 'e' on the end dates back to the first Swiss settlers who were from the Canton of Berne. Beautiful shading on the coast and hand drawn topography