Sacramento City from the new Capitol Bldg. looking North-- 9th Street at the right. – Historic Photo Reproduction
![Sacramento City from the new Capitol Bldg. looking North-- 9th Street at the right., [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/27/279e0e2993b0-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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This historic photograph of Sacramento City from the new Capitol Bldg. looking North-- 9th Street at the right. brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Sacramento City from the new Capitol Bldg. looking North-- 9th Street at the right.
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Looking north from the new State Capitol, this view runs across Sacramento's street grid, with Ninth Street along the right edge of the frame. The state moved its seat to Sacramento in 1854, and the Capitol was a major building project through the early 1860s, so the picture shows a town still growing into its role as the seat of government. The Library holds only one half of what was issued as a stereo pair, part of a series called *Gems of California Scenery*. Albumen prints like this were the standard medium for such cards in the 1860s, and viewed through a stereoscope, the two paired images gave the flat street plan a sense of depth.
| Created / published | [published 1866] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : half stereograph, albumen. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1209. LOT subdivision subject: Sacramento. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,443 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115719 |
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