Macon, Georgia, 1912 – Antique Map Print
(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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Few images capture their era like this antique map of Macon, Georgia, 1912. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of Macon, Ga
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Macon, Georgia, 1912
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Macon, Georgia, in 1912 was a river city on the Ocmulgee, serving as the trading center for the cotton country of Middle Georgia. Cotton warehouses, compresses, and textile mills lined the economy, and the Bibb Manufacturing Company's cotton mills were among the best known employers in the city. The railroad shaped daily life as well, since the Central of Georgia Railway ran through Macon and its shops and freight yards gave many families their livelihoods. Residents also knew Macon for its schools, including Wesleyan College, which had been chartered in 1836 as one of the earliest colleges for women. A map drawn at this moment shows a town whose streets, mills, and rail lines were still organized around cotton and the river.
| Created / published | 1912 |
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| Creator | j.w. burke company |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Macon, Georgia, drawn in 1912. 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 | 7,728 × 4,576 px · prints to 26 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of Macon, Ga |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488319 |
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