CA Los Angeles 1871 MAP – Vintage Map Wall Art
(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.)
Description
A window into the past: CA Los Angeles 1871 MAP, preserved in this antique map. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Los Angeles as it appeared in 1871
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CA Los Angeles 1871 MAP
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Drawn in 1871, this view captures Los Angeles at a moment when its downtown was still a small grid of adobe and frame buildings clustered around the old plaza. Panoramic maps like this one showed a town from a high, imagined vantage point so viewers could take in streets, lots, and landmarks at once, which made them popular as civic souvenirs and promotional pieces in the late nineteenth century. At the time Los Angeles held only a few thousand residents, but railroad connections were on the horizon and would soon transform its growth. The sheet is worth studying as much for what it emphasizes and how it presents the city's ambitions as for its literal accuracy.
| Created / published | 1871 |
|---|---|
| Creator | women's university club, los angeles, gores |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 4,512 × 3,389 px · prints to 15 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Los Angeles as it appeared in 1871 |
| Reference | CA-LosAngeles-1871 |
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