Sacramento A, California, 1850 – 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 rare antique map captures Sacramento A, California, 1850 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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 A, California, 1850
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Sacramento in 1850 was a supply town at the edge of the gold country, where river steamers and wagon trains unloaded goods bound for the mining camps in the Sierra foothills. John Sutter's fort lay a short distance upriver, and the settlement had grown quickly after gold was found at Coloma in January 1848. Winter floods that season had swamped the low streets, and residents were already debating how to raise the grade and protect the waterfront. Incorporated as a city in 1850, Sacramento was a rough, crowded place of stores, saloons, hotels, and warehouses, and its people knew it chiefly as the head of navigation on the Sacramento River and the gateway to the diggings.
| Created / published | 1850 |
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| Creator | cooper, george victor, parsons, charles |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Sacramento A, California, drawn in 1850. 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 | 7,127 × 4,551 px · prints to 24 × 15 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 | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-487886 |
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