Title:
A bird's-eye view of Sacramento [California]: the city of the plain
Creator/Contributor:
Baker, George Holbrook (1827-1906), American, artist and publisher (artist and publisher)
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer (lithographer)
Date:
c1857
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0860--F
Format:
print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color
79.9 x 100.1 cm.
Content/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.
Notes/Inscriptions:
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.
Subjects:
Buildings;
Business enterprises;
California, Northern;
Rivers;
Sacramento (Calif.);
Settlements;
Waterfronts
Genre/Format:
Bird's-eye views;
Lithographs, color