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Title
Aerial View of Rio Vista, California
Date Created and/or Issued
1970
Contributing Institution
Sacramento Public Library
Collection
Sacramento Room Postcards
Rights Information
This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Description
This circa 1970 postcard shows the city of Rio Vista, California. Founded in the early 1850s by Colonel N.H. Davis at the junction of the Sacramento River and Cache Slough, the spot was originally called Brazos del Rio or "arms of the river." The name was changed to Rio Vista January 1862. Prominent is the Rio Vista Bridge which, constructed in 1944, is a steel struss vertical lift bridge.
Type
image
Format
3.5 x 5.5 in.
Identifier
BBSAC058
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll2/id/928
Subject
Rio Vista, California
Bridges
Rivers
Sacramento River
Aerial Views

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