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

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(1875). The

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has a collection of his work.

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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

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;

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, and

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. His final work was a plot of

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, published in 1904.

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