Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Group Creator Name:
- Snow & Co. (active ca. 1849), publisher
Title:
San Francisco [California] 1849
Date:
1849
Materials:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
Dimensions:
48.4 x 86.1 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0551--E
Subject:
- Business enterprises
- California, Northern
- Harbors
- San Francisco
(Calif.)
- Settlements
- Vessels
- Cityscapes
- Lithographs, color
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Content/Description:
Notes:
City and harbor looking from Rincon Point towards Telegraph Hill. Clustered buildings at left with US flag in center (Portsmouth Square). Signs on buildings in foreground read "Sherman & Ruckel," "P.M.S.S. Co.," and "S.H. Williams & Co." Ships in bay, one on fire (names identified in legend); Yerba Buena Island at right; several tents among buildings and small military camp in right foreground.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Published by Snow & Co., 20 Post Street. Printed legend. For variant see 1963.002:1493--FR.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf8b69p54 d

San Francisco [California] 1849