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Sutter's Fort - New Helvetia [frontal view] – Historic Print

Sutter's Fort - New Helvetia [frontal view] — antique lithograph
Sutter's Fort - New Helvetia [frontal view]. Antique lithograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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 rare antique lithograph captures Sutter's Fort - New Helvetia [frontal view] in remarkable 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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Sutter's Fort - New Helvetia [frontal view]

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Sutter's Fort, known in its early years as New Helvetia, stands out as one of the few surviving frontal images of the adobe compound John Sutter built in the Sacramento Valley in the 1839 to 1841 period. Swiss-born Sutter established the settlement as an agricultural and trading center, and the fort later became a waypoint for emigrants as the Gold Rush drew people west in 1849. This lithograph, dated to that year, captures the fort at the moment its name and role were shifting from a remote Mexican-era outpost toward the busy gateway of California's mining boom.

Medium1 print : lithograph.
Notes1849
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,036 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-124994

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