Birds eye view of the city of San Francisco – 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.)
Description
This rare historic print captures Birds eye view of the city of San Francisco in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Birds eye view of the city of San Francisco
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Drawn from an elevated vantage point, this bird's-eye view presents San Francisco as a sprawling grid of streets, blocks, and waterfront, a format that was popular for city panoramas in the late 1860s. The record attributes the print to the lithography firm Britton & Rey, and gives a date of November 13, 1868, though that date is noted as unverified. The city was then still expanding well beyond its Gold Rush core, so the view offers a useful snapshot of how the young metropolis was laid out and how far its development had reached toward the surrounding hills and bay.
| Created / published | c1868 Nov. 13. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Britton & Rey. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,178 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-139133 |
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