Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: The city of San Francisco: bird's-eye view from the bay looking southwest [California]
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Collection:
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Museum and the Online Archive of California
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Creator Name:
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Parsons, Charles R. (1821-1910), American, artist
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Group Creator Name:
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- Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907), American, publisher
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Creator Role:
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artist
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Title:
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The city of San Francisco: bird's-eye view from the bay looking southwest [California]
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Date:
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c1878
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Materials:
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print on paper: lithograph, color
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Dimensions:
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71.5 x 103.5 cm.
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Current Location:
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Bancroft Library.
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Address:
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Berkeley, California 94720-6000
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Object ID:
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BANC PIC 1963.002:1497--FR
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Subject:
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- Bays
- California, Northern
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Settlements
- Vessels
- Waterfronts
- Bird's-eye views
- Lithographs, color
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Content/Description:
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Notes:
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Bird's-eye view looking southwest from bay across city to Pacific Ocean and down peninsula; waterfront area with numerous ships (sidewheel steamships, sailboats, sailing ships, ferries, etc.) in dock and on bay near wharves in foreground; Golden Gate in right distance.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
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Notes:
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Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Published by Currier & Ives, 115 Nassau St[reet], New York; (LC): Copyright 1878 by Currier & Ives, N[ew] Y[ork]; (LR): Sketched & drawn by C.R. Parsons. Printed legend.
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Collection Description:
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/tf5z09p3f3
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