San Francisco, California, 1846 – Antique Map Print
(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
Step back in time with San Francisco, California, 1846, 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.
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San Francisco, California, 1846
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San Francisco in 1846 was still a small Mexican-era settlement called Yerba Buena, with a few hundred residents clustered around the cove on the eastern edge of the peninsula. Its trade rested on hides and tallow, as ships anchored offshore to exchange manufactured goods for cattle hides cured by ranchers across the region. That summer, the Bear Flag Revolt in Sonoma had stirred a wider conflict, and on July 9, 1846, American naval forces raised their flag over the plaza, beginning United States rule. The town would take the name San Francisco only in early 1847, and within two years the gold rush would transform its streets beyond recognition.
| Created / published | 1846 |
|---|---|
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of San Francisco, California, drawn in 1846. 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 |
| Original scan | 6,400 × 4,800 px · prints to 21 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-487888 |
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