Rhea, James J. (sold)
James J. Rhea (February 29, 1876-July 16, 1934) was an American printer who lived and worked in Modesto, California. His works include attractive tourist maps of Stanislaus, Alameda, and San Joaquin counties. His youth appears to have been adventurous: he is recorded as having served as a volunteer in the Spanish-American war.
An attractive lithograph touring map of the region around San Francisco Bay
[Central California]
sold
- Digital Map Information
- Suitable for large format printing
- File Size: 21.93 MB
- File Type: ZIP / TIFF
- ICC color profile embedded
- Delivered instantly via download link
This is a 1915 tourist map of central California by James J. Rhea (1876-1934). It was printed on behalf of the Tourist Association of Central California, and it highlights the routes, by road and rail, for reaching San Francisco in order to visit the he Panama–Pacific International Exposition that year. The exposition was a world's fair, ostensibly celebrating the completion of the Panama Canal, but seen by San Franciscans as an opportunity to showcase the city's recovery from the 1906 earthquake. (more details)