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Chattanooga, county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, population 30,000 – Vintage Print

Chattanooga, county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, population 30,000, c1886 Sept. 24. — antique lithograph
Chattanooga, county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, population 30,000, c1886 Sept. 24.. Antique lithograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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Chattanooga, county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, population 30,000

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Chattanooga, described on this sheet as the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, with a population of 30,000, appears in a lithograph dated c1886, September 24. The print came from the Milwaukee firm Norris, Wellge & Co., and the stone credits H. Wellge as the draftsman. Its 25 lettered and 24 numbered keys let viewers match landmarks to the names around the border, a common feature of the promotional city views popular in the 1880s.

Created / publishedc1886 Sept. 24.
Medium1 print : lithograph, one tint stone ; 45.9 cm (51.9 cm with text) x 71.2 cm.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist and P&AGA catalog cards. Milwaukee, Norris, Wellge & Co. Associated name on shelflist card: Beck & Pauli, Milwaukee. On stone: H. Wellge, del. Twenty five lettered and twenty four numbered identification.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,155 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-123281

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