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Title: A bird's-eye view of Sacramento [California]: the city of the plain
Creator: Baker, George Holbrook (1827-1906), American, artist and publisher Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer
Date Created and/or Issued: c1857
Publication Information: Bancroft Library
Contributing Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection: Honeyman (Robert B., Jr.) - Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: City seen from above Sacramento River with waterfront area, ships, steamships, barges, etc. in foreground. Marginal views include local businesses, churches, public buildings, hotels, theaters, and industry. Includes view of Sutter's Fort in 1846 and Sacramento in 1849.
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Entered... 1857 by Geo[rge] H. Baker... California; (LC, below title): Drawn, designed & published by/Geo[rge] H. Baker/Sac[ramento] 1857/lithography of Britton & Rey, San Francisco. Handwritten (LR): From your friend/[J. Corbert?]. Each image captioned.
Type: image
Format: Print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color 79.9 x 100.1 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf98701257
BANC PIC 1963.002:0860--F
Subject: Buildings
Business enterprises
California, Northern
Rivers
Sacramento (Calif.)
Settlements
Waterfronts

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