1870Boston

View of Boston, July 4th 1870

F. Fuchs; John Weik; New England Lith. Co.

Bird's-eye illustration / lithograph

What this plate shows

A colored bird’s-eye of Boston on Independence Day: harbor islands, shipping, the Common, cannon smoke, a city drawn as if seen from high over the water. Perspective, not a measured survey. Not a photograph.

Image type: Bird's-eye illustration / lithograph
Source: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division; Wikimedia scan of the 1870 lithograph.
License: Public domain.

Collections where this plate appears

01U.S. bird’s-eye viewsGiant lithographs from an imagined high point. Not photographs. Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, St. Louis, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco, Denver — as print shops sold them. Later sheets stay later. Added beside those, not in place of them: Annapolis, Omaha, Kansas City, Salt Lake City, Atlanta, Milwaukee, Louisville, Seattle, Leadville, Pittsburgh.