Wilson, North Carolina, 1908 – 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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Step back in time with Wilson, North Carolina, 1908, an antique map rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Birds eye view of Wilson, North Carolina 1908
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Wilson, North Carolina, 1908
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Wilson, North Carolina, in 1908 was a county seat in the eastern part of the state, built around the tracks of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad after the town was laid out in 1849. Its economy rested on bright-leaf flue-cured tobacco, and by the early 1900s the auction warehouses near the depot drew growers from surrounding counties each fall. Those sales brought buyers, farmers, and merchants into the streets, and the town's commerce ran on the rhythm of the selling season. Civic life centered on the courthouse square, churches, and schools, and residents knew Wilson as a market town whose warehouse district set the pace of the year.
| Created / published | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Creator | fowler, t. m. (thaddeus mortimer) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Wilson, North Carolina, drawn in 1908. 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--North Carolina |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 10,288 × 7,152 px · prints to 34 × 24 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Birds eye view of Wilson, North Carolina 1908 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-489535 |
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