Title:
Bird's-eye view of Los Angeles, California: looking south to the Pacific Ocean, 1877
Creator/Contributor:
Glover, Edwin S. (active ca. 1876-ca. 1877), artist and publisher (artist and publisher)
A.L. Bancroft & Company (active ca. 1872-ca. 1973), lithographer (lithographer)
Date:
c1876
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0935--E
Format:
print on paper: lithograph, color
55.6 x 87.8 cm.
Content/Description:
Upper image: broad view of city with densely populated central area. Lower left image: view of Wilmington, California, showing
San Pedro Bay and S.P.R.R. (Southern Pacific Railroad) depot. Lower right image: view of Santa Monica, California, with bay,
pier, and Los Angeles and Independence Railroad.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (MC). Printed (LL): Drawn and published by E.S. Glover, Los Angeles, Cal[ifornia]; (LC): Entered... 1876 by
E.S. Glover... ; (LR): A.L. Bancroft & Co., lith., San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]. Each image captioned.
Subjects:
Bays;
California, Southern;
Los Angeles region (Calif.);
Railroads;
Settlements;
Waterfronts
Genre/Format:
Bird's-eye views;
Lithographs, color