Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
De Vere, J. (active ca. 1851), lithographer
Group Creator Name:
- Noisy Carrier's Book and Stationary Co. (Ch. P. Kimball) (active ca.
1851-ca. 1856), publisher
Creator Role:
lithographer
Title:
View of the conflagration from Telegraph Hill, San Francisco [California], night of May 3d, 1851/Map of the burnt district of San Francisco showing the extent of the fire
Date:
1851
Materials:
print on paper: lithograph
Dimensions:
27.1 x 21.2 cm., image on sheet 27.1 x 42.4 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0159--B
Subject:
- California, Northern
- Events
- Fires
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Settlements
- Cityscapes
- Lithographs
- Pictorial lettersheets
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Content/Description:
Notes:
View from Russian Hill(?) showing central commercial area engulfed in flames; harbor at left. Includes map of area with annotations.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Printed title (below images). Stamped (LR): Noisy Carrier's Publishing Hall, 77 Long Wharf, San Francisco, Charles P. Kimball, propretor [sic]. Handwritten annotations. Blind stamp (UC). Attribution to De Vere based on comparison to 1963,002:0160--A.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf229007s 1

View of the conflagration from Telegraph Hill, San Francisco [California], night of …