Portland, Oregon - the metropolis of the Pacific Northwest / C.L. Smith. – Antique 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.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Portland, Oregon - the metropolis of the Pacific Northwest / C.L. Smith.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Portland, Oregon - the metropolis of the Pacific Northwest / C.L. Smith.
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Portland's own illustrated magazine, *The West Shore*, issued this tinted lithograph as a supplement, presenting the city to readers as the metropolis of the Pacific Northwest. The record gives the 1888 population, with suburbs, as 60,000, a figure that reflects the rapid growth of the city's river port and rail connections in the 1880s. The print was registered for copyright in 1888 under the name C.L. Smith, and it shows how promoters of the period used large-format views to attract settlers, investors and businesses to the region.
| Created / published | c1888 May 17. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, tinted. |
| Notes | 13216 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. 1888, population with suburbs, 60,000. Supplement to The West Shore |
| Subjects | Cities & towns--Oregon--1880-1890. Portland (Or.)--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 508 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110524 |
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