Pasadena, California, 1903 – Historic Map Reproduction
(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: Pasadena, California, 1903, preserved in this antique map. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of Pasadena and vicinity
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Pasadena, California, 1903
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In 1903 Pasadena was a town of orange groves, winter visitors, and newly built hotels at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains. Its growth had been driven by the citrus trade and by Midwestern families who came west for the mild winters and stayed. Visitors arrived by rail, and the Raymond Hotel drew well-to-do guests who filled its verandas each season. The Tournament of Roses, begun in 1890 by a local hunt club, was already the town's best-known celebration and gave residents a point of civic pride that they shared with the wider region.
| Created / published | 1903 |
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| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Pasadena, California, drawn in 1903. Bird's-eye view maps were drawn by travelling artists who walked a town street by street, sketching every building from an imagined vantage point in the air, then sold the finished lithograph door to door by subscription. Roughly five thousand American towns were recorded this way between the 1860s and the 1920s, and for many of them the panoramic map is the most complete picture of the place that survives. Reproduced from the original in the Library of Congress collections. Printed to order on archival paper. Free shipping on all US orders. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--California |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,448 × 5,088 px · prints to 28 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of Pasadena and vicinity |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-487883 |
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