Record Details
Birdseye view of Tacoma. (1892)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Birdseye view of Tacoma. (1892) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu526 wsu 526; F899.T2 S68 1892 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,671 |
| Date | 1892 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | Tacoma, Wash. : 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... |
| Subject | Tacoma (Wash.) -- Pictorial works |
| Type | Maps; Bird's-eye views |
| Coverage | United States--Washington (State) -- Tacoma |
| Rights | Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691 |
| Format | 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. image/jpeg |
| Contributor | Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Is found in Souvenir of Tacoma Washington. |
