Bird's eye view of Boston

John Bachmann, a German immigrant, was one of the earliest and finest producers of urban bird’s eye views. During his career, he published two views of Boston – one in 1850 and the other in 1877. In this early version, Bachmann viewed the city from the southwest, looking direc...

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map
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normalized
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1850
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language
English
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06_01_001849
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institution
Boston Public Library
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United States
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Massachusetts
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Suffolk
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Boston
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1
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New York
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J. Bachmann
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