Bird's Eye View of the City of San Jose Cal

by Louis Nagel

$12,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A sweeping lithographic bird’s-eye view of San José in 1869, portraying the young city and its grid of streets amid the fertile orchards and farmlands. The present view was published at the time when rail links had begun shaping San José's role in the region: the San Francisco & San José Railroad was completed to the city in 1864, opening markets and drawing the valley into integration with coastal commerce. Lithographed by C. B. Gifford and W.

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