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Fine Art Photographs
by Wyatt Ogilvy
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In our Nostalgia collection, we represent the antique 1876 Lake Tahoe Map. It is a beautiful limited edition reproduction of a rendering of the Lake Tahoe region with delicate detailed line work.
The old vintage map image is from the
expeditions of 1876 and 1877, under the command of Lieut. George M.Wheeler, Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. It includes Truckee, California, Virginia City, Reno and Carson City, Nevada.
This edition was published in 1990 by the Historic California Collection, Lake Tahoe.
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The vintage map is printed on a golden parchment paper in a numbered edition of 1000.
The overall map size is 32 x 24 inches and frames-up handsomely many different ways.
It is priced at $50.00, unframed.
This map frames-up very handsomely.
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A close-up detail on the Lake Tahoe area antique map:
The rendering is beautiful as well as revealing an incredible attention to detail.
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Purchase this limited edition Lake Tahoe map!
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Our favorite way to frame this antique map image is to mat over the title banner on top and insert a brass plaque into the mat that says “LAKE TAHOE 1876”. The map looks great in a variety of mouldings and we have discovered just the right mat colors that harmonize with the golden parchment paper of the map.
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Also available at Vista Gallery is a contemporary map made from enhanced satellite imagery and a digital sonar scanning revealing the actual landscape under the lake water.
This makes a wonderful contrast to the 1876 Lake Tahoe Map and reveals how amazingly accurate the vintage map is. The lake is so big that even after climbing the highest peaks around the lake you can not tell the shape and contour of the shoreline and lake. That can only be seen from space, miles high. The Wheeler survey crew would have to be extremely proud of their accomplishment and skills.
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Tahoe Area Satellite Map, enhanced with a digital sonar scanning revealing the actual landscape under the lake water. The roads have also been enhance for better readability and locations labeled. The Tahoe Rim Trail is also indicated. At the bottom of the map is an side elevation of the TahoeBasin and mountains. It reveals the story that the lake level used to be 700 feet higher than it is today and what happened to create that level and why it is at the level it is today, facinating story!
It is printed on heavy low luster paper and is 36 x 24 inches. This graphically colorful and beautiful map is a must and sells for $25 unframed.
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