Quitman, Georgia, 1885 – 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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This rare antique map captures Quitman, Georgia, 1885 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Panoramic view of Quitman, Ga. county-seat of Brooks-County 1885
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Quitman, Georgia, 1885
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Quitman, the seat of Brooks County in south Georgia, was a small railroad and farm town in 1885, a few years removed from the hard years after the Civil War. Its economy rested on cotton grown on the surrounding fields and on the pine forests that fed turpentine stills, sawmills, and the timber trade that moved through the region. The county had been carved out in the late 1850s and named for John A. Quitman, a Mexican War general, so the courthouse square was the center of local politics, commerce, and court days. Residents of the 1880s would have known the town by its courthouse, its depot, and the stores that stood around the square, with most families depending on the crop and the seasonal rhythms of planting and harvest.
| Created / published | 1885 |
|---|---|
| Creator | norris, wellge & co, beck & pauli |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Quitman, 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 | 5,456 × 3,776 px · prints to 18 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Panoramic view of Quitman, Ga. county-seat of Brooks-County 1885 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488322 |
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