1871Atlanta, Georgia
Birds eye view of the city of Atlanta, the capitol of Georgia
A. Ruger. The sheet says “Looking north east.”
Bird's-eye illustration / lithograph
1871·Atlanta, Georgia
Birds eye view of the city of Atlanta, the capitol of Georgia
A. Ruger. The sheet says “Looking north east.”
Bird's-eye illustration / lithograph
What this plate shows
Atlanta six years after the war, drawn looking north-east: rail lines, a rebuilt grid, a state capital that is still a town in the picture. Lithograph by Ruger. Not a photograph of 1871 Atlanta.
- Image type
- Bird's-eye illustration / lithograph
- Source
- Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, panoramic maps, item 73693339. Direct scale of that raster. Not a redraw.
- License
- Public domain.