Collection Items
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Photo, Print, DrawingSacramento city, Ca. from the foot of J. Street, showing I., J., & K. Sts. with the Sierra Nevada in the distance Caption label from exhibit "American Treasures--Memory": Sacramento City. Sacramento's rise from settlement to state capital began with the discovery of gold in January 1848, some fifty miles northeast at John Sutter's sawmill. Situated along the Sacramento and American Rivers, the city became the gateway to the California gold fields. Print publishers all around the country produced views of the new city, both to encourage...
- Contributor: Parsons, Charles - Cooper, George Victor
- Date: 1850-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingBethlehem and South Bethlehem, Pa. Looking north east Bird's-eye view of Bethlehem and South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, looking northeast along the Lehigh River.
- Contributor: Rudd, G. A.
- Date: 1877-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingPanoramic view of Washington City from the new dome of the Capitol, looking east Bird's-eye view of Washington, D.C. looking east with the U.S. Capitol in the foreground.
- Contributor: E. Sachse & Co
- Date: 1857-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingView of Georgetown D.C. View of Georgetown, D.C. looking west with the Potomac River on the left.
- Contributor: E. Sachse & Co
- Date: 1855-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingView of Washington Bird's-eye view of Washington, D.C. looking west with the U.S. Capitol in the foreground.
- Contributor: E. Sachse & Co
- Date: 1852-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingPanoramic view of Washington City from the new dome of the Capitol, looking west Bird's-eye view of Washington, D.C. looking west with the U.S. Capitol in the foreground.
- Contributor: E. Sachse & Co
- Date: 1856-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingView of San Francisco, Taken from the Western Hill at the foot of Telegraph Hill, looking toward Ringon Point and Mission Valley Bird's-eye view of San Francisco, California, looking southeast across the Bay, with Yerba Buena Island on the far left; also showing camps and travelers in the foreground. Includes key to numbered locations.
- Contributor: Sarony & Major - Bainbridge, Henry - Casilear, George W.
- Date: 1851-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingView of Sacramento City as it appeared during the great inundation in January 1850 Sacramento, California during the flood of January 1850.
- Contributor: Sarony, Napoleon - Casilear, George W. - Bainbridge, Henry
- Date: 1850-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingNew York Bird's-eye view of New York showing the waterfront, Brooklyn Bridge, with Battery Park and Governors Island in the foreground.
- Contributor: Bachmann, John - Schlegel, George
- Date: 1874-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingNew York, Bird's-eye view of New York with Battery Park in the foreground and the Brooklyn Bridge on the right.
- Contributor: Schlegel, George
- Date: 1873-01-01