Map of the City of Memphis, Tenn[essee] illustrating [the] Yellow Fever epidemic [of] 1878

Subject

Memphis, Tennessee, 1878 Yellow Fever epidemic

Date

1878 (historical)

Mapmaker

unidentified

Publisher

[National Yellow Fever Commission ?]

Place of Publication

unidentified

Accession Number

T0055.1997.0511

Condition

Poor-fair. Surface dirt, some foxing, browning, stains, paper loss upper l quadrant, large ink stain, upper r quadrant.

Curatorial Notes

should be deaccessioned. Other maps, of cities in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee (Vicksburg, Water Valley, Tuscumbia, Milan, Port Gibson, Greenville, Holly Springs, Canton, Decatur, Osyka, Memphis, Brownsville, McComb City, Chattanooga) relating to 1878 yellow fever epidemic found T0055.1997.0455-456, T0055.1997.492, T0055.1997.0494-096, T0055.1997.0505-0508, T0055.1997.0511-012, T0055.1997.0515-0517.

Notes

Indicates location and names of those who contracted the disease and recovered, and those who died.

Media Type

mounted on cloth

Size

28 1/2 x 34 5/8

Storage

c04d05