Identifier

00073

Title

Bird's Eye View of Eureka

Postcard Caption (front)

BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF EUREKA, CALIFORNIA The most westerly city in the United States; the place where flowers forever bloom and the grass is always green. Population, 14,000; 3 3/4 miles water front; 12 miles street railroad; 50 blocks paved streets (bitumen); 40 miles graded and graveled streets; fine public buildings including County Court House, City Hall, Library, School Houses, Churches and $135,000 Federal building; even climate -- never not, never cold; county seat of Humboldt County -- Area, 3507 sq. mi.; 2,424,480 acres; population, 35,000; wealth $50,000,000; standing Redwood, 48,000,000,000 ft.; 175 mi. railroad; annual exports, $10,000,000 valuation; lumber, 360,000,000 ft.; butter, 6,000,000 lbs.; principal industries are lumbering, dairying, stock raising, farming, mining, fishing; no need of irrigation; average annual rainfall, 47 inches; wages the highest on the coast.

Photographer

J.A. Meiser

Publisher

Jesse Meiser

Color

Monochromatic (B&W)

Type

Advertising/Promotional

Subject

Cityview-Eureka

Commercial Buildings-Exterior

Hotels/Motels

views from high points & tall bldgs (non-aerial)

views from high points & tall bldgs (non-aerial)

Region

04 Tri City

Location

Eureka

Earliest Known Date

1906

Last Known Date

1906

EKD - LKD Notes

based on photographer's 1906 copyright

Sent

yes

Sender(s)

G. W. W.

Recipient

Mrs. C. A. Veazey

Destination Location

Benton, NH

Printing Process

Print-Lithograph

Manufacturer Location

Unknown

Size (inches)

Standard (3.5x5.5)

Item Type

Postcard

Collection

The Humboldt Project