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Artwork of Savannah was published in 1893 by the W. H. Parish Publishing Co. of Chicago. The Armstrong Campus' copy is part of the Florence Powell Minis Collection housed at Lane Library in Savannah, Georgia.

This book consists of two rather distinct parts:
"A Historical Sketch of Savannah" written by Charles H. Olmstead, a competent historian, in the somewhat flowery language of the Victorian period. The sketch deals with Savannah's history from its founding to the evacuation of the British forces in 1782 in considerable detail and very sketchily from then until 1893.

The other part of Artwork of Savannah consists of 89 photographs and plates of Savannah in the 1890s and includes views of Olmstead's home at Beaulieu. The photos and plates are grouped into 10 categories. Click on the appropriate image to view or download full-size photos.

  • Provident Savings Life Building

    Provident Savings Life Building

  • Pulaski House

    Pulaski House

  • View Looking South from City Exchange

    View Looking South from City Exchange

  • Scene on the Cotton Dock

    Scene on the Cotton Dock

  • Scene at the Elevator

    Scene at the Elevator

  • Scene from Baltimore Wharf

    Scene from Baltimore Wharf

  • Scene on the Bay [Street]

    Scene on the Bay [Street]

  • Scene on the River

    Scene on the River

  • Home of S.P. Hamilton

    Home of S.P. Hamilton

  • Central Railroad & Ocean Steamship Wharves

    Central Railroad & Ocean Steamship Wharves

  • The Kehoe Iron Works

    The Kehoe Iron Works

  • Savannah Brewing Co.

    Savannah Brewing Co.

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