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Birds Eye View of the City of Atlanta, Capitol of Georgia – Historic Map Reproduction

Birds Eye View of the City of Atlanta, Capitol of Georgia — antique map
Birds Eye View of the City of Atlanta, Capitol of Georgia. Antique map from the PAN MAPS collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Birds Eye View of the City of Atlanta, Capitol of Georgia comes to life in this antique map, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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Birds Eye View of the City of Atlanta, Capitol of Georgia

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Shown from above as the capital of Georgia, this panorama captures Atlanta at a time when the city held that title, which it gained in 1868 when the seat of government moved there from Milledgeville. Union forces under Sherman had burned much of the town in 1864, so views like this one, made in the years after the Civil War, record a city rebuilding quickly around its rail lines and commercial blocks. Bird's-eye views of the period were drawn in oblique perspective, trading strict accuracy for a sweeping look at streets and rooftops, so the margins and street names reward a close look.

Original scan750 × 2,550 px · prints to 2 × 8 in at 300 dpi
Reference1830BK90M-GA-Atlanta-1871

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