Los Angeles, California, 1877 – Historic Map Reproduction
(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 map captures Los Angeles, California, 1877 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Birds eye view of Los Angeles, California
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Los Angeles, California, 1877
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Los Angeles in 1877 was a town of several thousand people in the middle of a land and railroad boom. In September 1876 the Southern Pacific's line from Colton reached the city, ending its isolation from the transcontinental network and driving up land prices along the streets this map records. Vineyards, orchards and the wine trade still supported many local families, while adobe houses from the Mexican era were giving way to frame houses and brick commercial blocks around the plaza. Readers followed local affairs closely in the Los Angeles Herald, and many residents measured the town's future by how quickly the railroad would bring newcomers.
| Created / published | 1877 |
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| Creator | a.l. bancroft & company, glover, e. s. (eli sheldon) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Los Angeles, California, drawn in 1877. 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 | 10,352 × 6,672 px · prints to 35 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Birds eye view of Los Angeles, California |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-487876 |
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