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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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[View of the Plaza (Portsmouth square), San Francisco
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Image is of the Plaza filled with people watching a parade of horse-drawn boat and barrel floats. In the background, despite the terrible fires of May and June of this year (as Baird notes), are several buildings facing the Plaza. These include a post office and a court. There are many United States flags flying throughout the scene. "Publ. & Lith. by Quirot & Co. Califa. corner Montgy. St. S. F."--text, below image. There is a handwritten word in the lower left corner of the sheet and above the image. Paper color: gray.
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Image is a view of the Plaza with the statue of California in the center, a flag and pole left of the statue, many labeled buildings surrounding the Plaza, and people and animals in the Plaza. "Moody. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1850 by Joseph F. Atwill in the Clerks office of the District Court of the northern District of the State of California. B.F. Butler's Lith. San Francisco. Atwill & Co. Publishers, San Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.
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