Santa Barbara, California, 1898 – 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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Step back in time with Santa Barbara, California, 1898, an antique map rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Santa Barbara, California 1898
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Santa Barbara, California, 1898
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Santa Barbara in 1898 was the seat of its county, and its streets were laid out for a mix of ranch trade, seaside commerce, and a growing number of visitors. Fishing boats worked the channel from the harbor, and the town's small Chinese fishing community was part of that waterfront life. A few miles east, the Summerland oil field had begun to draw attention, hinting at an industry that would reshape the coast. In the spring of that year, residents followed the Spanish-American War in local newspapers, reading each dispatch from Cuba while going about ordinary business downtown.
| Created / published | 1898 |
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| Creator | gifford, p. e., los angeles lithographic co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Santa Barbara, California, drawn in 1898. 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 | 11,184 × 7,888 px · prints to 37 × 26 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Santa Barbara, California 1898 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-487910 |
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