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Boston - bird's eye view from the north / J. Bachmann del. and lith. – Antique Wall Map

Boston - bird's eye view from the north / J. Bachmann del. and lith., c1877. — antique lithograph
Boston - bird's eye view from the north / J. Bachmann del. and lith., c1877.. Antique lithograph from the Boston 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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Boston - bird's eye view from the north / J. Bachmann del. and lith. comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The view is taken from the north, so the city's harbor and waterfront sit prominently across the sheet, which the record's subject headings call out directly. Bird's-eye views like this were a popular format in the 1870s, offering a high, sweeping perspective that let viewers take in an entire city at once. This example is a chromolithograph, a color print made from multiple stones, published under the name of L. Prang & Co., the Boston firm known for such work. The copyright notation on the sheet places it in the period when American city views were being sold widely to households and businesses.

Created / publishedc1877.
Medium1 print : chromolithograph ; 55.7 x 70.7 cm. (sheet)
GenreBird's-eye view prints 1870-1880.Chromolithographs Color 1870-1880.
Notes7490 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by L. Prang & Co.
SubjectsHarbors--Massachusetts--Boston--1870-1880. Boston (Mass.)--1870-1880.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,237 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-120424

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