Historic maps give a glimpse of the old Bay Area By Katie Dowd , Managing editor May 15, 2015 A Currier & Ives lithograph of San Francisco from 1878, drawn by C.R. Parsons.

The map gives an aerial view of where the city would fit in the larger Bay Area and how close it would be to Travis Air Force Base, a major point of contention while the group was buying up land ...