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Map of California: Showing the State as it was known a century ago

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Title: Map of California: Showing the State as it was known a century ago
Creator: California Centennials Commission
Date Created and/or Issued: 1948
Publication Information: California Centennials Commission
Contributing Institution: Center for Sacramento History
Collection: California Revealed from Center for Sacramento History
Rights Information: Public Domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: A map of California as it was in 1857. The California Centennials Commission created the map and based it off a Britton & Rey's Lithograph of 1857. The map features county names, waterways, and cities as they were in 1850. Within the map are small drawings depicting major historical California events.
Type: image
Format: Copy
Map
Extent: 14 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.
1 Page of 1
Identifier: casacsh_001598
1981/053/005
ark:/13960/t89h3b134
Language: English
Subject: History
California--History
Historic events
Historic sites--Maps
California--Maps
Center for Sacramento History. Map Digitization Project
Time Period: 1800/1899
1900/1999
Provenance: Center for Sacramento History
California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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