Title: Bird's Eye View of the Famous Santa Clara valley Looking Southerly from San Francisco Author: Britton & Rey Place: San Jose Publisher: Daily Mercury, Chas. M. Shortridge Editor & Publisher Date: c.1880 Description: Color lithograph bird's-eye view. 38x31.5 cm (15x12¼") on sheet 50.3x32.5 cm (19¾x12¾"). Unusual and apparently rare bird's-eye view centering on the Santa Clara Valley, now famous as Silicon Valley. South is at the top, and the view extends from southern Marin County in the north all the way to Paso Robles Hot Springs in the south. The landscape, towns and railroads are shown. This is either an advertisement for or the cover sheet of the Grand Army Edition Daily Mercury San Jose, with advertising on the verso. At lower left is a Civil War camp scene by C H Harmun, who lived in San Jose in the 1880's. No examples can be located in OCLC/WorldCat. Provenance: Yerba Buena, 5/89 Lot Amendments Condition: Silked on verso, lower right corner chipped outside of neat line affecting no image or text, a smattering of foxing; very good. Item number: 269928
Title: Bird's Eye View of the Famous Santa Clara valley Looking Southerly from San Francisco Author: Britton & Rey Place: San Jose Publisher: Daily Mercury, Chas. M. Shortridge Editor & Publisher Date: c.1880 Description: Color lithograph bird's-eye view. 38x31.5 cm (15x12¼") on sheet 50.3x32.5 cm (19¾x12¾"). Unusual and apparently rare bird's-eye view centering on the Santa Clara Valley, now famous as Silicon Valley. South is at the top, and the view extends from southern Marin County in the north all the way to Paso Robles Hot Springs in the south. The landscape, towns and railroads are shown. This is either an advertisement for or the cover sheet of the Grand Army Edition Daily Mercury San Jose, with advertising on the verso. At lower left is a Civil War camp scene by C H Harmun, who lived in San Jose in the 1880's. No examples can be located in OCLC/WorldCat. Provenance: Yerba Buena, 5/89 Lot Amendments Condition: Silked on verso, lower right corner chipped outside of neat line affecting no image or text, a smattering of foxing; very good. Item number: 269928
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