Map of Basic City. Augusta County, Virginia. November 1st, 1890. (Waynesboro, VA.)

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• ARTIST: David Humphreys

• PUBLISHER: Published by D.C. Humphreys. Printed by Norris Peters Co. Photo-litho, Washington, D.C.

• MEDIUM: Photo-lithograph.

  DATE: 1890

• EDITION SIZE: 14 3/8 x 19 7/8" (30.5 x 55.5 cm) plus margins.

• DESCRIPTION: Basic City, now known as Waynesboro, is located in the Shenandoah Valley, Augusta County. Basic City was incorporated in 1890. The town was named for a new process of steel manufacturing. In 1924, Basic City consolidated with the adjacent Town of Waynesboro, the new name for the town was called Waynesboro-Basic. It was later renamed just "Waynesboro." The draftsman for this map, David C. Humphreys, was of professor of applied mathematics and later engineering at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.

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• CONDITION: Fair to good condition. Some faint dampstaining in the lower left and a small hole in the central left portion of the image.

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