Suffolk, 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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Few images capture their era like this antique map of Suffolk, Virginia, 1907. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Birds eye view of Suffolk, Nansemond Co., Va. 1907
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Suffolk, Virginia, 1907
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In 1907 Suffolk, Virginia, was a market town of a few thousand people on the Nansemond River, serving the farms of Nansemond County, which sent corn, cotton and above all peanuts to be cleaned, graded and shipped. Railroad lines through the town linked it to the larger ports of Norfolk and Portsmouth to the east, and warehouses and mills along the tracks drove much of its commercial life. The county courthouse anchored civic affairs, and the streets held churches, schools and the homes of merchants and planters. Residents would have known Suffolk as a peanut trading center and the seat of a county settled since colonial times. The map captures that town just before automobiles and paved roads began to change it.
| Created / published | 1907 |
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| Creator | fowler, t. m. (thaddeus mortimer), fowler & kelly |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Suffolk, 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 | 11,184 × 7,584 px · prints to 37 × 25 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Birds eye view of Suffolk, Nansemond Co., Va. 1907 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-491152 |
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