Sacramento - J Street from Sixth Street, laying the Nicolson Pavement – Historic Photograph Print
![Sacramento - J Street from Sixth Street, laying the Nicolson Pavement, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d1/d1ef6d087d02-L.webp)
(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 Sacramento - J Street from Sixth Street, laying the Nicolson Pavement, a historic photograph rich in period 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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Sacramento - J Street from Sixth Street, laying the Nicolson Pavement
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Workers laying the Nicolson pavement on J Street, at its corner with Sixth Street in Sacramento, are the focus of this stereograph view. Nicolson pavement was a wood-block paving popular in American cities in the 1850s and 1860s, valued for a smoother, quieter surface than dirt or cobblestones. Sacramento, the state capital since 1854, was a busy river town where muddy streets were a constant problem, so the scene captures an effort to improve the city's streets. Only one half of the original stereo pair survives, and the 1866 date comes from an older caption, so the view is best read as a snapshot of civic street work in the 1860s.
| Created / published | [published 1866] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : half stereograph, albumen. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1204. LOT subdivision subject: Sacramento. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,448 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115791 |
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