Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Group Creator Name:
- Gihon and Butler (Active ca. 1880), lithographer
Title:
The Plaza, Portsmouth Square, San Francisco [California]
Date:
[188-?]
Materials:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
Dimensions:
42 x 50.7 cm., visible image
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1545--FR
Subject:
- Buildings
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Settlements
- Lithographs, color
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Content/Description:
Notes:
View taken from Kearney and Merchant Streets of proposed plan for Portsmouth Square with sunken design for level park; multi-story, columned walkway surrounding park and central fountain; pedestrians, riders, horses, carriages, and wagons throughout scene; buildings, including City Hall in center, surround plaza.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. Gihon and Butler; (LC, below title): As it should and as it may be, according to the plan proposed by J.J. Chauviteau, Esqre. View taken from Kearney and Merchant Streets.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf6r29p3v 9

The Plaza, Portsmouth Square, San Francisco [California]