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Prescott was still the capital of Arizona Territory when this lithograph of the city was published about 1885. Named for the historian, William H. Prescott, the town also borrowed from history for such street names as Cortez and Montezuma.
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| Size: 17¾" x 26½" - Black & White, Cover-stock Paper: $32.50 |
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The capital of North Carolina was planned in 1791 on a site acquired by the state and laid out by William Christmas with a central square for the Statehouse and four subsidiary open spaces. By 1872, when C. N. Drie prepared this lithograph, Raleigh had become an important urban community with the Capital dome marking its center.
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| Size: 20¾" x 27" - Toned, Cover-stock Paper: $32.50 |
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Two decades before this view was published the Central Pacific railroad plan-ned Reno on the banks of the Truckee River. By 1890 the population exceeded three thousand, and the town had become the site of the state university whose buildings appear in the lower right.
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| Size: 15” x 23” - Colored, Text Weight Paper: $10.00 |
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William Byrd II and his surveyor, William Mayo, laid out Richmond in 1737. This rare manuscript from the Library of Congress shows the pattern of gridiron streets and square lots adopted for what was eventually to become Virginia's state capital.
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| Size: 9" x 11" - Black & White, Cover-stock Paper: $25.00 |
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Benjamin Henry Latrobe's architectural plans for a new theater in the capital of Virginia included this manuscript location map. It shows that portion of the city laid out by Thomas Jefferson, including the Capitol that Jefferson designed. This unique drawing is reproduced in full color from the original in the Library of Congress.
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| Size: 13½" x 19¼" - Color, Cover-stock Paper: $27.50 |
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Benjamin Henry Latrobe's architectural plans for a new theater in the capital of Virginia included this manuscript location map. It shows that portion of the city laid out by Thomas Jefferson, including the Capitol that Jefferson designed. This unique drawing is reproduced in full color from the original in the Library of Congress.
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| Size: 13½” x 19¼” - Color, Text Weight Paper: $10.00 |
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The Erie Canal transformed Rochester from a village to a major commercial and industrial center. This toned view shows many details of the growing city. The Smith Brothers published this drawing by J.W. Hill.
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| Size: 17" x 26½" - Toned, Text-weight Paper: $30.00 |
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Drawn in 1848 and revised and extended the following year, this plan for Sacramento shows Sutter's Fort surrounded by the gridiron street system adopted for the town laid out by Sutter's son to attract gold prospectors. The reproduction is reduced about one-fifth from the size of the original lithograph.
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| Size: 19½" x 20¾" - Black & White, Cover-stock Paper: $27.50 |
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The discovery of gold near Sutter's Mill in 1848 brought thousands of prospectors to California. Towns and cities developed almost overnight. Sacramento, shown in this delicately colored view, was one of the most important of these new communities.
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| Size: 14” x 17¾” - Colored, Text Weight Paper: $10.00 |
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Date: 1787 |
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In this watercolor by Ludwig Gottfried von Redeken one can see the principal buildings of the chief Moravian settlement in North Carolina. Most of these structures still exist and have been restored. Our facsimile is from the original in the collection of the Wachovia Historical Society.
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| Size: 11¼" x 18¼" - Colored, Text Weight Paper: $12.00 |
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