Los Angeles, Cal. / S.F. Cook del. ; lith. Britton & Rey, S.F. – Vintage Wall Art
![Los Angeles, Cal. / S.F. Cook del. ; lith. Britton & Rey, S.F., S.F. : [Published by] Britton & Rey, c1888. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0d/0daef085c438-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Los Angeles, Cal. / S.F. Cook del. ; lith. Britton & Rey, S.F.. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Los Angeles, Cal. / S.F. Cook del. ; lith. Britton & Rey, S.F.
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Drawn from a high oblique viewpoint, this tinted lithograph shows Los Angeles at the height of the late-1880s land boom, when new railroads and a rush of settlers turned a small town of adobes and orchards into a fast-growing city. S.F. Cook drew the sheet, and Britton & Rey, a San Francisco lithography firm, printed it in 1888, with copyright held by A.J. Hatch & Co. Bird's-eye views like this were popular in the era, and they remain useful for studying the street layout and the open land on the city's edges just before the bust of 1889.
| Created / published | S.F. : [Published by] Britton & Rey, c1888. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, tinted ; 53.3 x 92.8 cm. (sheet) |
| Genre | Bird's-eye view prints 1880-1890.Cityscape prints 1880-1890.Lithographs Color 1880-1890. |
| Notes | 35529T U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by A.J. Hatch & Co., San Francisco. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 26.1 Exhibited: LA@LC, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California, 2003. |
| Subjects | Los Angeles (Calif.)--1880-1890.United States--California--Los Angeles. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 892 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-161124 |
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