CA SanDiego 1876 MAP – Vintage Map Wall Art
(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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A window into the past: CA SanDiego 1876 MAP, preserved in this antique map. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of San Diego, California 1876
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CA SanDiego 1876 MAP
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This bird's-eye view sets San Diego against its harbor, with the bay and the peninsula running out beyond the town. Drawn in 1876 by the panoramic artist E. S. Glover and published by A. L. Bancroft & Company, it captures a city that was still small and growing. By then the center of activity had moved from the old Spanish presidio area toward the new downtown laid out by Alonzo Horton, closer to the waterfront. Views like this one were meant to show a town's streets, blocks and buildings in a single sweeping image, so they make a useful record of how the city was arranged in the mid-1870s.
| Created / published | 1876 |
|---|---|
| Creator | a.l. bancroft & company, glover, e. s. (eli sheldon), schneider & kueppers |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 4,360 × 3,024 px · prints to 15 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of San Diego, California 1876 |
| Reference | CA-SanDiego-1876 |
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