Lithographed bird's-eye view. With 16 vignette views plus large inset. 67x100 cm (26½x39½") inclduding vignettes, title and keys at bottom; plus margins. Striking panoramic view of the gold mining boom town of Helena, Montana, at a time when it had more millionaires per capita than any city in the world. Montana had just achieved statehood the previous year, and Helena was the capital. OCLC locates eight copies. The large inset at lowr left is "Lenox and Corbin east side additions." The sixteen vignette illustrations are of important buildings such as Ketchum, DeNoielle & Co.; Nick. Kesslers Brewery; residence of W.E. Cox; Hotel Helena; Merchants National Bank; Northern Pacific repair shops, round house and surroundings; Wallace-Thornburgh Lumber Co.; Helena Daily Journal; Journal Publishing Company; W.B. Richards, Helena National Bank; Bailey Block (Jackson's Music House); Montana National Bank; Granite Block & Annex; First National Bank; Broadwater's Hotel and Natatorium. Includes index to points of interest such as additional public buildings, hotels, railroads, street cars, schools, newspapers and churches.
Lithographed bird's-eye view. With 16 vignette views plus large inset. 67x100 cm (26½x39½") inclduding vignettes, title and keys at bottom; plus margins. Striking panoramic view of the gold mining boom town of Helena, Montana, at a time when it had more millionaires per capita than any city in the world. Montana had just achieved statehood the previous year, and Helena was the capital. OCLC locates eight copies. The large inset at lowr left is "Lenox and Corbin east side additions." The sixteen vignette illustrations are of important buildings such as Ketchum, DeNoielle & Co.; Nick. Kesslers Brewery; residence of W.E. Cox; Hotel Helena; Merchants National Bank; Northern Pacific repair shops, round house and surroundings; Wallace-Thornburgh Lumber Co.; Helena Daily Journal; Journal Publishing Company; W.B. Richards, Helena National Bank; Bailey Block (Jackson's Music House); Montana National Bank; Granite Block & Annex; First National Bank; Broadwater's Hotel and Natatorium. Includes index to points of interest such as additional public buildings, hotels, railroads, street cars, schools, newspapers and churches.
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