Tuscambia[,] Alabama [illustrating the yellow fever epidemic of 1878]

Subject

Tuscambia, Alabama, 1878 Yellow Fever epidemic

Date
1878 (historical)
Mapmaker
unidentified
Publisher

[National Yellow Fever Commission ?]

Place of Publication

unidentified

Accession Number
T0055.1997.0492
Condition
Fair. Some browning, foxing.
Curatorial Notes

should be deaccessioned. Formerly stored c4d4. Although this was marked as being a map of Vicksburg; no evidence to support it. Needs further research. See T0055.1997.0455. 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 those who contracted the disease and recovered, those who died, location of first case. Includes names of some of the victims.

Media Type
manuscript
Size
13 1/4 x 13 1/2
Storage
c04d05