This attractive bird's-eye view of Helena was issued "compliments of Kessler's Brewery." Helena was the new capital of Montana, which had achieved statehood the prior year in 1889. This tinted lithograph presents the street-grid pattern of the city in fine detail with a key at bottom listing 52 points of interest including public buildings, hotels, railroads, schools, and more. A large inset at left depicts "Lenox & Corbin - East Side Additions" which overlook "the entire city, the valley and its encircling mountains. Having electrical lights, water, gas and electric railway to all part of the city." Smaller illustrations below the map promote various businesses including several banks, hotels, and Kessler's Brewery at bottom left. Helena sprang up as the result of a gold rush in the 1860s and became a wealthy, vibrant town by the 1880s. Its early streets were formed from early gold miner paths, so the block pattern is somewhat irregular.

References: Reps #2090.

Condition: A

Remarkably clean and bright. There are a number of short edge tears confined to the margins that have been archivally repaired on verso.