Los Angeles, California, 1871 – 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.)
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This antique map of Los Angeles, California, 1871 brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Los Angeles as it appeared in 1871
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Los Angeles, California, 1871
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Los Angeles in 1871 was a dusty town of roughly 5,000 to 6,000 people, still shaped by its Mexican-era ranching past. Vineyards and orchards covered the surrounding valley, and wine and grapes were among its best-known products, while cattle hides and tallow remained important exports. The Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad, opened in 1869, carried goods between the town and its harbor, though the region would not connect to the wider transcontinental rail network for several more years. In October 1871, a mob attacked the Chinese quarter near Calle de los Negros and lynched a number of Chinese residents, one of the deadliest anti-Chinese episodes in the American West, and the violence left a lasting mark on the city's reputation.
| Created / published | 1871 |
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| Creator | women's university club, los angeles, gores |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Los Angeles, California, drawn in 1871. 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 | 7,520 × 5,648 px · prints to 25 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Los Angeles as it appeared in 1871 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-487875 |
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