Map of McComb City[,] Miss[issippi] illustrating the Yellow Fever epidemic in 1878

Subject

McComb City, Mississippi, 1878 Yellow Fever epidemic

Date

1878 (historical)

Mapmaker

unidentified

Publisher

[National Yellow Fever Commission ?]

Place of Publication

unidentified

Accession Number

T0055.1997.0516

Condition

Poor-fair. Hole, upper r quadrant, surface dirt, some foxing, browning, stains. Piece missing in r, center, margin. No info missing

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 of those who contracted the disease and recovered, those who died, location of first case, names of some of the victims.

Size

29 3/8 x 24 1/4

Storage

c04d05