Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Hall, Parker (active ca. 1933), artist
Creator Role:
artist
Title:
A view of Yerba Buena, San Francisco [California]
Date:
1933
Materials:
print on paper: photomechanical
Dimensions:
35.5 x 53.4 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1884--C
Subject:
- Bays
- California, Northern
- Events
- Harbors
- Military Facilities
- Military personnel
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Settlements
- Cityscapes
- Photomechanical prints
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Bird's-eye view of Yerba Buena harbor from south showing few scattered buildings, military post where soldiers raise US flag and several tents; sailing ship in harbor and men in rowboats going toward shore; Telegraph Hill and San Francisco Bay in distance. Scene depicts event of July 9, 1846 when Captain Montgomery, of the Sloop of War Portsmouth, raised the American flag in the plaza and seized the region for the United States.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Printed title (LC, within image). Handwritten (LL): 16/25. Printed (LC, within image, below title): On July 9, 1846, Capt[ain] Montgomery of the Sloop of War Portsmouth, raised the American flag in the plaza and seized the region for the United States; (LR, within image): Parker Hall, 1933.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf5t1nb6b n

A view of Yerba Buena, San Francisco [California]