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Source Description
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 directly at the Public Garden and the Common, with the remainder of the downtown greatly diminished by perspective. While various railroads appear along the edges of this image, the bustling harbor, filled with many ships, occupies the upper center portion of the drawing. Such a perspective highlights the city’s pride in its most prominent public spaces, but it also underscores the importance of shipping to the city’s economy during the first half of the 19th century.
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Document identity
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x059c9968
label
Bird's eye view of Boston
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obj
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map
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1
Source metadata
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x059c9968
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Bird's eye view of Boston
description
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 directly at the Public Garden and the Common, with the remainder of the downtown greatly diminished by perspective. While various railroads appear along the edges of this image, the bustling harbor, filled with many ships, occupies the upper center portion of the drawing. Such a perspective highlights the city’s pride in its most prominent public spaces, but it also underscores the importance of shipping to the city’s economy during the first half of the 19th century.
date
["1850"]
year
1850
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_001849
creators
Bachmann, John, fl. 1849-1885
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Boston (Mass.)--Aerial views
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
Still image
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
New York
publisher
J. Bachmann
Source extras
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sf268508b
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9s1621613
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
extent
1 view ; 47 x 70 cm.
notes
Entered according to an Act of Congress in the year 1850 in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.
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no
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x059c9968
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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