Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Parsons, Charles R. (1821-1910), American, artist
Group Creator Name:
- Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907), American, publisher
Creator Role:
artist
Title:
The city of San Francisco: bird's-eye view from the bay looking southwest [California]
Date:
c1878
Materials:
print on paper: lithograph, color
Dimensions:
71.5 x 103.5 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1497--FR
Subject:
- Bays
- California, Northern
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Settlements
- Vessels
- Waterfronts
- Bird's-eye views
- Lithographs, color
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Content/Description:
Notes:
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:
Notes:
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.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf5z09p3f 3

The city of San Francisco: bird's-eye view from the bay looking southwest [California]