Riverlorian.com

Listed are a collection of river cities, the river that flows by them and the date that we have an image of the city. These are not ordinary images but beautiful posters from the past. They are often called "birds eye" views because when the images were created, there were no airplanes. The artists made the prints from surveying the land and the results were their interpretation of what the city might look like from above. The amazing thing about the work is the accuracy of the images. The river, bridges, buildings and other landmarks at the time show a great amount of attention to detail. Many of the posters have buildings identified. If one looks closely, little things can be seen like horse & buggies and riverboats.