Map of Memphis, Tennessee
$75.00
Memphis in the mid-1920s.
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Description
This lovely map of Memphis, Tennessee was originally designed by City Engineer William B. Fowler in 1925, with a table of semi-annual revisions noting this example to be from the following year. The engraver, C.C. Cagle, did an excellent job of carefully labeling streets, street numbers, railroad infrastructure (underpasses and viaducts, in particular), geographic features, and important buildings. Printed color highlights park space (including fairgrounds, country clubs, and cemeteries) in green, while the street railway lines are noted in red. Interestingly, the Jewish Cemetery is not colored – perhaps reflecting its limited access to the public.
Map Details
Publication Date: 1926
Author: William B. Fowler
Sheet Width (in): 18.9
Sheet Height (in): 18
Condition: B+
Condition Description: Scattered spotting along the outer edges of the sheet, most heavily concentrated in the upper right. Soft creasing along old folds and some light soiling in the margins. Good to very good overall. Blank on verso.
$75.00
1 in stock