CA San Francisco 1849 MAP – Antique Wall Map
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Description
Step back in time with CA San Francisco 1849 MAP, an antique map rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
CA San Francisco 1849 MAP
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San Francisco in 1849 was a small waterfront town on the edge of a rapidly expanding bay, and a map of it from that year captures the place just as the Gold Rush began to transform it. The town had been renamed from Yerba Buena only in 1847, and in 1849 its population swelled as prospectors and merchants arrived by sea and overland. Maps from this period show the street grid pressing against the steep hills and the shoreline, where new wharves and buildings were pushing into the bay. The record describes this as a reduced version, so the fine detail of the original is smaller here, but the layout still shows how quickly the city was taking shape.
| Created / published | 1849 |
|---|---|
| Original scan | 3,006 × 3,794 px · prints to 10 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | CA-SanFrancisco-1849 |
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