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Map collection, 1871-1959

This collection contains maps published by the city of Atlanta, the state of Georgia, and by private companies that depict representations of the city of Atlanta and its suburbs. The Map collection contains 1467 Atlanta city maps and plat maps for properties in Fulton, DeKalb, and Cobb counties. Seventy-eight Atlanta city maps are digitized and available on this database.

More About This Collection

Creator
Ashburn, J. Foster
Atlanta City Commission (Atlanta, Ga.)
Atlanta City Planning Commission (Atlanta, Ga.)
Gilmore's Map Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
Lester Book & Stationary Co. (Atlanta, Ga.)
Southern Map Company
Brown, Cephus M.
I.U. Kauffman & Sons (Atlanta, Ga.)
Kauffman, I. U.
Latham, A. B.
A. C. Wagner Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
Adamson Printing Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau (Atlanta, Ga.)
Atlanta Housing Authority (Atlanta, Ga.)
Atlanta Journal (Firm)
Atlanta Planning Commission (Atlanta, Ga.)
Atlanta Terminal Coordinating Committee (Atlanta, Ga.)
Atlanta-Fulton County Joint Planning Board (Atlanta, Ga.)
Champion Map Corporation (Charlotte, N.C.)
Clayton, R. M.

Publisher
Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center

Date of Original
1860/1965

Subject
Maps--Georgia--Atlanta
Segregation--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta

Location
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018

Medium
maps (documents)

Type
Still Image

Description
This collection contains maps published by the city of Atlanta, the state of Georgia, and by private companies that depict representations of the city of Atlanta and its suburbs. Generally, the maps depict street names, place names, neighborhoods, city limits, railroads, and other common features. In rarer cases, maps illustrate settlement patterns according to race; infrastructure additions such as sewers, sidewalks, paved streets and water mains; trackless trolleys, bus lines, and rapid transit routes; zoning; house numbering; census tracts; land lots and district numbering; land use; population density; public housing locations; annexation patterns; topographical features and locations of proposed interstates., The Map collection contains 1467 Atlanta city maps and plat maps for properties in Fulton, DeKalb, and Cobb counties. Seventy-eight Atlanta city maps are digitized and available on this database.

Metadata URL
https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/p17222coll5

Holding Institution
Atlanta History Center

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