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Within three decades after the gold rush San Francisco had become a major city. Our Currier and Ives view, reproduced in full color, shows every building and major topographical feature of the new metropolis.
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| Size: 13” x 18” - Color, Text Weight Paper: $10.00 |
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The land boom of the 1880's in Southern California left largely untouched this community that began its existence as a Spanish mission in 1771. This lithograph captures its appearance before it developed as a residential suburb of Los Angeles.
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| Size: 13¼" x 19¾" - Toned, Cover-stock Paper: $27.50 |
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The land boom of the 1880's in Southern California left largely untouched this little community that began its existence as a Spanish mission in 1771. Our toned lithograph captures its appearance before it developed into a residential suburb of Los Angeles.
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| Size: 13¼" x 19½" - Toned, Text-weight Paper: $10.00 |
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Planned in 1777 as the first civil settlement in Spanish California, San Jose remained a small village until the California gold rush. Sherman Day's survey shows the many new streets, squares, and blocks added to accommodate the increased population.
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| Size: 27" x 19¾" - Black & White, Text Weight Paper: $27.50 |
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This A.L.Bancroft view shows this former Spanish Colonial town at a time of rapid expansion. New surveys had extended the initial plan, trees were aggressively planted and the railroad had come to town in 1864, connecting it to San Francisco, forty-seven miles away. While leisure time activities are characterized by the the baseball game in the foreground, civic and commercial pursuits are evident by the presence of the courthouse, churches and business districts to the left.
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| Size: 13” x 19” - Color, Text Weight paper: $10.00 |
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Date: 1877 |
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Settlement began here in 1772 with the establishment of a Spanish mission. Near the end of Mexican rule in California the town achieved civil status. This view was drawn and published by E.S. Glover.
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| Size: 14¾" x 24¼" - Toned, Cover-stock Paper: $30.00 |
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Major Hector Kilbourn planned this Ohio city in 1818. He incorporated pairs of diagonal streets and open spaces to duplicate the Masonic emblem of an open Bible and the mason's square and compass. These unusual features can be seen in our view of the city from Lake Erie.
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| Size: 17¾" x 27¼" - Toned, Cover-stock Paper: $32.50 |
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The modern city of Santa Barbara developed on the level land between the old Spanish fort and mission that were established a century before Eli S. Glover drew and published this fine, toned lithograph.
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| Size: 17½" x 26¾" - Toned, Cover-stock Paper: $32.50 |
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The modern city of Santa Barbara developed on the level land between the old Spanish fort and mission that were established a century before Eli S. Glover drew and published this fine, toned lithograph.
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| Size: 12½” x 19½” - Toned, Text Weight Paper: $10.00 |
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The mission church around which this California town began to grow is a prominent feature in this fine, toned lithograph by Kuchel and Dresel.
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| Size: 12¼" x 19¾" - Color, Cover-stock Paper: $27.50 |
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