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Data Stories: Learning from History

View historical examples of data visualization and learn how they might inform today’s data storytellers.

By Upside Staff
March 23, 2022

Everything in Proportion to the Whole

A Reddit user recently shared photos of some colorful visualizations of demographic and economic data, reportedly from 1902.

A Lot of Data in a Small Space

Here’s a unique map that was used to illustrate foot traffic in downtown Seattle on a specific day in 1922.

Taking Inspiration from the Past

This blog post from Panoply provides a number of additional examples of historical data visualizations and connects them with current visualization needs and purposes.

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