1868Omaha, Nebraska
Bird’s eye view of the city of Omaha, Nebraska
A. Ruger, drawn; Chicago Lithographing Co.
Bird's-eye illustration / lithograph
1868·Omaha, Nebraska
Bird’s eye view of the city of Omaha, Nebraska
A. Ruger, drawn; Chicago Lithographing Co.
Bird's-eye illustration / lithograph
What this plate shows
Omaha drawn from an imagined high point: the Missouri, a young grid, a few public piles, the bluff. A perspective map, not drawn to scale, and not a camera. 1868 — a plains river town, not St. Louis and not Denver.
- Image type
- Bird's-eye illustration / lithograph
- Source
- Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, panoramic maps, item 73693495. Direct scale of that raster. Not a redraw.
- License
- Public domain.