Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Gifford, Charles B. (active ca. 1858-ca. 1868), publisher
Creator Name:
Nagel, Louis (active ca. 1844-ca. 1873), German, printer
Creator Role:
printer
Creator Role:
publisher
Title:
Private Signals of the merchants of New York and San Francisco [California]
Date:
c1858
Materials:
print on paper: lithograph, color
Dimensions:
111.5 x 76.8 cm., visible image
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1492--FR
Subject:
- Business enterprises
- California, Northern
- New York
- San Francisco
(Calif.)
- Lithographs, color
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Images of 127 signal flags with merchants identified below. Image in upper center of border shows sailing ship moored at Lombard Dock (San Francisco), flanked by medallions with allegorical images identified as "Eureka," and "Excelsior," (representing state of California and New York?) and a train.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Printed title (UC). Printed (LC, within image): Lith. print. in colors by L. Nagel, San Francisco; (LC): Entered... 1858 by C. B. Gifford... ; (LC): Respectfully dedicated to the merchants of San Francisco by Charles B. Gifford.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf429008x 6

Private Signals of the merchants of New York and San Francisco [California]