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Camille N. Drie

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American draughtsman

Camille N. Drie (active 1871–1904) also known as Camille N. Dry, was a draughtsman active in the Southern United States. Drie created pictorial maps of various cities, including a 110-sheet view of St. Louis, Missouri (1875). The Library of Congress has a collection of his work.

Urban planning historian John W. Reps cites Drie's 1875 110-sheet view of St. Louis as a "tour de force" in a 1984 catalog, describing its scale and accuracy as "an accomplishment beyond any reasonable expectation." Drie worked with Richard J. Compton to produce the St. Louis project, and likely also had a team of assistants, although none are named in his records. Drie is recorded as having lived in St. Louis from 1875 to 1878.

Drie also produced pictorial maps of Galveston, Texas; Anniston, Alabama, and Vicksburg, Mississippi. His final work was a plot of Birmingham, Alabama, published in 1904.

Gallery

Selected works by Drie
  • Bird's Eye View of the City of Galveston Texas, 1871 Bird's Eye View of the City of Galveston Texas, 1871
  • St. Louis, the great metropolis of the Mississippi valley; a topographical survey drawn in perspective, 1875 St. Louis, the great metropolis of the Mississippi valley; a topographical survey drawn in perspective, 1875
  • Drawing of the Eads Bridge, 1875 Drawing of the Eads Bridge, 1875
  • Bird's eye view looking northwest, city of Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama, 1903 Bird's eye view looking northwest, city of Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama, 1903
  • Business section of the city of Birmingham, Alabama, 1904 Business section of the city of Birmingham, Alabama, 1904


See also

References

  1. dry, camille n. "Search results from Panoramic Maps, Dry, Camille N., Pictorial St. Louis, the great metropolis of the Mississippi valley; a topographical survey drawn in perspective A.D. 1875, (g4164sm.gpm00001/)". Library of Congress.
  2. ^ Reps, John William (1984). Views and Viewmakers of Urban America. University of Missouri Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-8262-0416-5. OCLC 9465818. Wikidata Q107434952.
  3. "Bird's eye view looking northwest, city of Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama".
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