Emporia, Virginia, 1907 – Historic Map Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare antique map captures Emporia, Virginia, 1907 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Birds eye view of Emporia, Virginia 1907
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Emporia, Virginia, 1907
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Emporia, the seat of Greensville County in Southside Virginia, was a small market town in 1907, built around farming and the railroad trade. Cotton, tobacco, and grain from the surrounding fields moved through its depots, and the county courthouse and the stores on its main streets drew farm families into town on market days. Like the rest of Virginia, the town lived under Jim Crow segregation and the Democratic leadership that dominated state politics at the time. That spring, the Jamestown Exposition opened in Norfolk, and Virginians across the state, including people from towns like Emporia, were talking about the celebration and the progress it promised.
| Created / published | 1907 |
|---|---|
| Creator | fowler, t. m. (thaddeus mortimer) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Emporia, Virginia, drawn in 1907. Bird's-eye view maps were drawn by travelling artists who walked a town street by street, sketching every building from an imagined vantage point in the air, then sold the finished lithograph door to door by subscription. Roughly five thousand American towns were recorded this way between the 1860s and the 1920s, and for many of them the panoramic map is the most complete picture of the place that survives. Reproduced from the original in the Library of Congress collections. Printed to order on archival paper. Free shipping on all US orders. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Virginia |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,944 × 7,200 px · prints to 30 × 24 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Birds eye view of Emporia, Virginia 1907 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-491141 |
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