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"[Pair] Los Angeles [together with] Mission of San Diego", Koppel, C.

Subject: California

Period: 1856 (circa)

Publication: U.S.P.R.R. Surveys - California

Color: Printed Color

Size:

9.2 x 6.5 inches
23.4 x 16.5 cm

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This is the first depiction of Los Angeles. The plaza is on the left with the San Gabriel Mountains in the background. At right foreground on the hill is the former Mexican jail. Our Lady of the Angels church is at center. The view of San Diego is one of the earliest printed views of the mission.

References: LA - Deak, Picturing America, #671; Reps, Making of Urban America, Fig. 29.

Condition: B

Light scattered foxing.

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for: $150

Closed on 6/11/2003

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"[Pair] Los Angeles [together with] Mission of San Diego", Koppel, C.

Subject: California

Period: 1856 (circa)

Publication: U.S.P.R.R. Surveys - California

Color: Printed Color

Size:

9.2 x 6.5 inches
23.4 x 16.5 cm

This is the first depiction of Los Angeles. The plaza is on the left with the San Gabriel Mountains in the background. At right foreground on the hill is the former Mexican jail. Our Lady of the Angels church is at center. The view of San Diego is one of the earliest printed views of the mission.

References: LA - Deak, Picturing America, #671; Reps, Making of Urban America, Fig. 29.

Condition: B

Light scattered foxing.

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for: $150

Closed on 6/11/2003

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"[Pair] Los Angeles [together with] Mission of San Diego", Koppel, C.

Subject: California

Period: 1856 (circa)

Publication: U.S.P.R.R. Surveys - California

Color: Printed Color

Size:

9.2 x 6.5 inches23.4 x 16.5 cm

This is the first depiction of Los Angeles. The plaza is on the left with the San Gabriel Mountains in the background. At right foreground on the hill is the former Mexican jail. Our Lady of the Angels church is at center. The view of San Diego is one of the earliest printed views of the mission.

References: LA - Deak, Picturing America, #671; Reps, Making of Urban America, Fig. 29.

Condition: B

Light scattered foxing.

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for: $150

Closed on 6/11/2003

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9.2 x 6.5 inches
23.4 x 16.5 cm