Atlanta, Georgia, 1919 – 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.)
Description
This rare antique map captures Atlanta, Georgia, 1919 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Atlanta
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Atlanta, Georgia, 1919
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In 1919 Atlanta was a railroad and commercial city of about 200,000 people, still recovering its footing after the First World War and the influenza wave that had closed theaters and churches the previous fall. The Terminal Station, opened in 1905, handled a steady flow of passengers and freight, and the wholesale houses and cotton offices clustered near Five Points kept the downtown busy. That September, the Coca-Cola Company, which Asa Candler had built from a small downtown firm, was sold to a Wall Street-backed group for about 25 million dollars, a deal that marked a new era for the business. Around the city, mill workers, clerks, and returning veterans were adjusting to peacetime wages and prices, while the streets of Peachtree and the residential neighborhoods beyond were filling with new houses and streetcar commuters.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Creator | foote and davies company (atlanta, ga.) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Atlanta, Georgia, drawn in 1919. 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 | 9,536 × 5,824 px · prints to 32 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Atlanta |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488315 |
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