Birdseye view of Tacoma. (1892)
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Title
Birdseye view of Tacoma . (1892)
Date.Original
1892
Publisher
Tacoma , Wa . : Oscar Nuhn , 1892 .
Description
1 view ; 22 x 13 cm . Bird's-eye view . Insets : Mount Tacoma [Rainier] 14445 feet high ; Loading wheat at Tacoma . Settlement of Tacoma (first known as Commencement Bay , or Commencement City , after the Bay on which it was located) began in 1853 . An Indian War led to the evacuation of the town , and it wasn't until the 1860s that it began to grow again , led on, as were so many Washington coastal towns , by the idea that it would be the western terminus for the cross-continental railroad . When , in 1873 , the railroad did choose Tacoma as its terminus , its future was assured . The rail line was not completed until 1888 , however .
Subject
Tacoma (Wash.)--Pictorial works
Type
Image
Genre
Maps ; Bird's-eye views
Location Depicted
United States--Washington (State)--Pierce county--Tacoma
Rights Notes
No known copyright. Item is in public domain as it was published prior to 1923.
Identifier
wsu526 ; F899.T2 S68 1892
Holding Institution
Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections , Washington State University Libraries
Digitization
Original maps were scanned in color at 600 dpi on a Microtek 9600XL scanner and saved as TIFF files. The TIFF files were converted into the MrSID format at a compression ratio of 12 to 1 using LizardTech's Geospatial Encoder 1.5 software. These MrSid files were then uploaded into the CONTENTdm database at the Washington State University Libraries.
Format
image/jpg2000
Contributors
Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections
Language
English
Source
Is found in Souvenir of Tacoma Washington , 1892. F899.T2 S68 1892 at Washington State University Libraries ' Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
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