Bakersfield, California, 1901 – Antique Map Print
(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 antique map of Bakersfield, California, 1901 brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Bakersfield, Kern County, California, 1901
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Bakersfield, California, 1901
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Bakersfield in 1901 was the seat of Kern County in the San Joaquin Valley, a town whose fortunes rested on the Southern Pacific line that had reached it in 1874. Farming along the Kern River and the valley floor supplied much of its trade, with grain, alfalfa, and fruit moving out by rail. The region's oil prospects were also drawing attention at the turn of the century, after drilling in the Kern River field began in 1899. Residents of the day would have known their town as a rail and farm center on the valley's southern edge, and this view records the streets, depots, and commercial blocks that served that trade.
| Created / published | 1901 |
|---|---|
| Creator | n.j. stone company, britton & rey |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Bakersfield, California, drawn in 1901. 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 | 9,854 × 6,688 px · prints to 33 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bakersfield, Kern County, California, 1901 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-487869 |
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