Name/Title
Color Reproduction of Alameda Birdseye MapEntry/Object ID
2024.51.1Description
Acc. No. 24.51.1
Subject Category: Map
Date or Period: 1888 (Reprinted c2020)
Object: Alameda Argus Birdseye View
Description: Large format, color reprint of the Birdseye View Map of Alameda, originally issued by the Semi-Weekly Argus in 1888. Only the Argus name is printed, with a date of 1887 below it. On the original version, Newspaper information appeared in the space below the name of the paper. The date that appears here instead is believed to be in error.
Size: 36” H x 54” W
History of Object: The original map was printed in color and was slightly smaller. The museum has only black and white reproductions of the original map.
Acquired from: George Coogan
Donation Date: 06/22/24; Catalog Date: 07/12/2024