A unique birds-eye view of Capitola, circa 1940s. In the foreground is Soquel Creek along the Riverview neighborhood, showing numerous houses, many of which were built in the 1920s. The main road ...

George Catlin's c. 1827 fusion of art and cartography, A Bird's Eye View of Niagara Falls, likely struck 19th-century viewers as highly imaginative. Private Collection / Smithsonian American Art ...