Valdosta, Georgia, 1885 – 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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This rare antique map captures Valdosta, Georgia, 1885 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Panoramic view of Valdosta, Ga. : county seat of Lowndes County
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Valdosta, Georgia, 1885
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Valdosta, the seat of Lowndes County in south Georgia, owed much of its growth in 1885 to the railroad that had reached it in 1860. Cotton and timber from the surrounding farms and pine woods moved out by rail, and sawmills and naval stores, including turpentine and resin, were important to the local economy. Since the Civil War, many families had moved from plantation labor to tenant farming and wage work, and the town's merchants depended on those farm households for trade. Local residents would have recognized the courthouse square, the churches, and the depot and rail yards as the center of daily life, and the commercial streets near the tracks as the place where farm produce was bought, sold, and shipped.
| Created / published | 1885 |
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| Creator | wellge, h. (henry), beck & pauli, norris, wellge & co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Valdosta, Georgia, drawn in 1885. 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 | 6,016 × 3,808 px · prints to 20 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Panoramic view of Valdosta, Ga. : county seat of Lowndes County |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488326 |
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