Bird's Eye View from High School Tower, Northeast, Omaha

Herman Heyn · Omaha, Nebraska

Date: c. 1885–1892
Medium: Stereoview
Subject: Cityscape
Origin: Heyn's Stereoscopic Views, No. 2 — “Bird's Eye View from High School Tower (10 subjects).” Yellow card mount with arched twin prints; side titles read “HEYN'S ARTISTIC VIEWS” and “CITY OF OMAHA AND VICINITY.” Verso prints the full numbered series list (1–51) of Heyn's “City of Omaha and Vicinity,” and the studio imprint: “Parties wishing figures on Views and Commercial Work please call at our Gallery, 1509 Douglas Street. Work to any size at lowest rates.” Pencil “166” at upper left.

Photographer Herman Heyn ascended the Omaha High School tower to capture this panorama looking northeast toward the frozen Missouri River. The stereoview is specifically numbered as the second in his ambitious series, City of Omaha and Vicinity. It is also part of a ten-view sub-series taken from this single vantage, illustrating a systematic visual survey of the burgeoning city during its Gilded Age expansion.

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