Marina Del Cassio
@mdelcassio.bsky.social
Environmental lawyer turned wildfire historian. Long 19th century American West. Environmental, cultural, legal, indigenous history. PhD student at Stanford, JD from Harvard Law.
There's something I really love about a bird's eye view of California from the ocean looking in. A lot of 19th century railroad advertising maps used this approach. Bonus points for noticing the lake on this 1893 map that has since disappeared.
November 10, 2024 at 5:46 PM
There's something I really love about a bird's eye view of California from the ocean looking in. A lot of 19th century railroad advertising maps used this approach. Bonus points for noticing the lake on this 1893 map that has since disappeared.
"View of the conflagration of Marysville" (1851)
November 8, 2024 at 6:18 PM
"View of the conflagration of Marysville" (1851)
"View of the last great conflagration in San Francisco" (1851)
![Justh, Quirot & Co., "View of the last great conflagration in San Francisco [California] on the 22nd of June 1851" (1851), courtesy of UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library, http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf5489p2mz/?order=1](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nvsxcos27h6jjwtxqz2m22dx/bafkreiai24fx5qlfdtc43s3gg7kigwcg6gfrouxixsa6cbqc6r4siuvkzq@jpeg)
November 8, 2024 at 6:16 PM
"View of the last great conflagration in San Francisco" (1851)
"The great conflagration at Sacramento, California" (c. 1852)
![[Creator unknown], The great conflagration at Sacramento, California (c. 1852), courtesy of UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library, http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf100006gg/?order=1](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nvsxcos27h6jjwtxqz2m22dx/bafkreibz6nwl2rcwvdzobhr6b55gapgkufei6wflnvtburaa4cgo7qjqzq@jpeg)
November 8, 2024 at 6:15 PM
"The great conflagration at Sacramento, California" (c. 1852)
Experimental starter post here. For your viewing pleasure and/or horror: some 19th century primary sources illustrating conflagrations in California and the American West
November 8, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Experimental starter post here. For your viewing pleasure and/or horror: some 19th century primary sources illustrating conflagrations in California and the American West