CA Los Angeles 1894 MAP – Antique Wall Map
(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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Step back in time with CA Los Angeles 1894 MAP, an antique map rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Los Angeles, California, 1894
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CA Los Angeles 1894 MAP
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Bird's-eye panoramas like this one were a popular promotional tool in the 1890s. This 1894 view of Los Angeles was produced for the Semi-Tropic Homestead Company, a land-promotion firm, and the drawing is credited to B. W. Pierce. The city was in the middle of a rapid boom, driven by fierce railroad competition in the mid-1880s and by the sale of orange groves and house lots to newcomers from the East and Midwest. Seen from above, the town and its street grid read as a sales pitch as much as a survey, so it is worth noting how the view presents the city's growth and its prospects to prospective buyers.
| Created / published | 1894 |
|---|---|
| Creator | semi-tropic homestead co, pierce, b. w. (bruce wellington) |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 4,697 × 3,335 px · prints to 16 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Los Angeles, California, 1894 |
| Reference | CA-LosAngeles-1894 |
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