[La Crosse, Wisc. 1873] - Public domain vintage map
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Print showing La Crosse, Wisconsin from vantage point on the Mississippi River with the "Belle of La Crosse" steamboat at dock and a steam "Transfer Boat" the "Alex. McGregor" with two barges on the river, also a large raft worked by 10 men, and a canoe with three passengers; with municipal buildings, churches, and factories along the city waterfront, and a bridge spanning the river in the background.
Title from another impression.
Tinted proof before letters, printed without border.
Stamped in lower right corner: Map Division. Nov 16 1914 Library of Congress.
Just an assorted steamships collection for research.
Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, introduced the subject of colored lithography in 1818. Printers in other countries, such as France and England, were also started producing color prints. The first American chromolithograph—a portrait of Reverend F. W. P. Greenwood—was created by William Sharp in 1840. Chromolithographs became so popular in American culture that the era has been labeled as "chromo civilization". During the Victorian times, chromolithographs populated children's and fine arts publications, as well as advertising art, in trade cards, labels, and posters. They were also used for advertisements, popular prints, and medical or scientific books.
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