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Bird's eye view of Buena Vista, Colo. County Seat of Chaffee County 1882 – Vintage Map Wall Art

Bird's eye view of Buena Vista, Colo. County Seat of Chaffee County 1882, c1882 Sept. 26. — historic print
Bird's eye view of Buena Vista, Colo. County Seat of Chaffee County 1882, c1882 Sept. 26.. Historic print 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 historic print captures Bird's eye view of Buena Vista, Colo. County Seat of Chaffee County 1882 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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Bird's eye view of Buena Vista, Colo. County Seat of Chaffee County 1882

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Seen from above in the Arkansas River valley of central Colorado, Buena Vista was the seat of Chaffee County, which had been organized only a few years before this sheet appeared. Publishers such as J.J. Stoner issued bird's eye views like this one to show a town's streets, buildings and surroundings in a single drawing, and the format was popular with boomtown promoters. Buena Vista served as a supply and transport point for the nearby mining camps, so a view like this also served to advertise the community to investors and newcomers. The record associates the drawing with the lithographic firm Beck & Pauli, though that attribution is unverified.

Created / publishedc1882 Sept. 26.
Medium1 print : b&w.
Subjects15906 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1882 & pub. by J.J. Stoner This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist and P&AGA catalog cards. Associated name on shelflist card: Beck & Pauli. Caption card tracings: Colorado--Buena Vista; Stoner, J.J.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,096 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-146308

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