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The Cliff House on the shoreline at San Francisco



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    Cliff House and Golden Gate, San Francisco, Cal

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    Image of an unidentified man on the beach with the Cliff House restaurant and Golden Gate park in the distance in San Francisco, California.

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    San Francisco: Cliff House and Seal Rocks. "Golden Gate" in the Distance

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    This disbound photo album holds photographs of Missions Santa Barbara, San Gabriel, and San Juan Capistrano; Pasadena and its landmarks, including the Raymond Hotel and the Hotel Green; the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey; Seal Rock; the Pacific Ocean shore near Monterey; the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego; Riverside; Cliff House, Fort Point, and the Golden Gate Strait in San Francisco; and Lick Observatory near Mount Hamilton. Of the 33 photographs, 8 were taken by C.W.J. Johnson, 6 were taken by F.H. Maude, 4 were taken by J.E. Slocum, and 2 were taken by C.B. Waite.

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  • San-Francisco : 1849

    San-Francisco : 1849

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    Image of an elevated landscape view of the city of San Francisco, California, showing ships in the bay, houses on the hillside, and tents in the foreground; location key printed in bottom margin.

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  • San Francisco Cliff house and steamer, 1900

    San Francisco Cliff house and steamer, 1900

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    Photo of Cliff House with a steamer in the background.

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    San Francisco Earthquake and Fire collection

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    Two photograph albums of San Francisco after the earthquake in 1906. Also two maps showing burned districts of San Francisco.

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    Cliff House, San Francisco

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    These lantern slides depict urban, agricultural, and nature scenes of California in the 1870s. The slides acted as a visual accompaniment to real estate developer Charles Victor Hall's traveling lecture promoting California's resources and benefits, aimed to encourage New Englanders and Europeans to relocate to California. This collection is significant in its images of Native Americans in California, mainly in the Yosemite area, and views of prospecting and mining. The majority of the lantern slides depict scenes from northern California, including Yosemite National Park and San Francisco. Some southern California views are also shown, including San Diego and Los Angeles County. Other slides of interest are views of the California ranches of F.P.F. Temple, Ellwood Cooper, F.D. Bacon, Maria Sepulveda, L.J. Rose (and family), and H.H. Moore. Portraits of General John C. Fremont and actress Maude Granger are also featured in the collection. In addition to the lantern slides, three copy negatives depicting the logging industry are also included. The originals are not in this collection. A printing plate with Hall's portrait is also included in this collection. The images were most likely taken by several different photographers, including Carleton Watkins, Eadweard Muybridge, and Bradley & Rulofson.

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