Atlanta, Georgia, 1871 – Vintage Map Wall Art
(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 antique map of Atlanta, Georgia, 1871 brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Birds eye view of the city of Atlanta, the capitol of Georgia 1871
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Atlanta, Georgia, 1871
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Atlanta in 1871 was still rebuilding from the fires that Union troops set during Sherman's 1864 campaign, which destroyed much of its business district and rail yards. Its position as a railroad junction, where the Western & Atlantic met lines running toward Macon, Augusta, and Chattanooga, drove a quick recovery in freight, warehousing, and trade. Three years earlier the state had moved its seat of government from Milledgeville to Atlanta, bringing new offices, hotels, and political traffic. Reconstruction-era politics were sharply contested, and Black Atlantans were building churches and schools of their own during these years. A street-by-street view of the city from this moment shows a town defined by rebuilding and by the railroads that made it.
| Created / published | 1871 |
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| Creator | ruger, a. |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Atlanta, Georgia, drawn in 1871. 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--Georgia |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,928 × 7,024 px · prints to 30 × 23 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Birds eye view of the city of Atlanta, the capitol of Georgia 1871 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488313 |
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