Sacramento City Cal. From the Foot of J Street, Showing I J & K Sts – 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.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique map of Sacramento City Cal. From the Foot of J Street, Showing I J & K Sts. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Sacramento city, Ca. from the foot of J. Street, showing I., J., & K. Sts. with the Sierra Nevada in the distance
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Sacramento City Cal. From the Foot of J Street, Showing I J & K Sts
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Drawn from the foot of J Street, this panorama looks across the blocks between I and K streets, where the grid of Sacramento meets the riverfront. The city grew rapidly after gold was discovered in the Sierra foothills in 1848, and the Sacramento River landing became a key supply point for miners heading inland. George Victor Cooper is named as the artist, with Charles Parsons also credited, and the map is worth studying for how the street plan was set against the water in the town's earliest years.
| Created / published | 1850 |
|---|---|
| Creator | cooper, george victor, parsons, charles |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 4,276 × 2,731 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Sacramento city, Ca. from the foot of J. Street, showing I., J., & K. Sts. with the Sierra Nevada in the distance |
| Reference | CA-SacramentoFloodA-1850 |
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