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City Hall, San Francisco, Cal

Description: Image is of a view of City Hall looking over one corner of a fenced Portsmouth Square. The four story El Dorado building can also be seen to the left of City Hall, and the one-story Union building is to the right. Carriages, horsemen, pedestrians, and other people are on the surrounding streets. "Lith. & Publ. by Quirot & Co. corner California & Montgomery Sts. S. Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.
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Date: Undated
Call number: 48052:120
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Jenny Lind Theatre, San-Francisco

Rare Books

Image is of three buildings. Only the El Dorado (to the left) and The Union (to the right) are labeled; the center building is not labeled. There are many people, horses, carts, and carriages in the streets outside of the buildings. "Lith. & Publ. by Quirot & Co. corner California & Montgomery Sts. S-Francisco."--text, below image. "S. E. corner of the Plaza as at present."--handwritten text, bottom of sheet. Paper color: blue.

48052:147

View of the Plaza of San-Francisco, on the 4th of July 1851

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.

48052:148

Fire in San Francisco. Jn [sic] the Night from the 3-d 4th May. 1851. Loss $20,000,000

Rare Books

Image is of the view looking east from the Nob Hill area with the fire raging near the waterfront, south of Telegraph Hill. There are people climbing the hill in the foreground with possessions on their backs. "Publ. & Lith. by Justh, Quirot & Co. Califa. corner Montgy St. S.F."--text, below image. There is a line of handwritten text at the bottom of the page. Paper color: blue.

48052:133

City Hall, Beverly Hills, Cal

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Image of the Beverly Hills City Hall building showing the corner of an automobile parked on the street and street lights in Beverly Hills, California.

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Placerville

Rare Books

Image of a village nestled in a ravine. There are several oxen-drawn carts and horsemen in the foreground and sparse tall trees on the low hills in the background. "Lith. & Published by Quirot & Co. corner Montgomery & California Sts. S. Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.

48052:041

View of the Last Great Conflagration in San Francisco on the 22d of June 1851

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Image of the burning city with the bay in the background. The view is from Nob Hill diagonally over the Plaza to Telegraph Hill. Text below the image describes the damage caused by the fire. "Pub. & Lith. by Justh Quirot & Co California St. corner Montgomery, S.F."--text, below image. Blue text printed below the image in the bottom left corner. Paper color: blue.

48052:005

City Hall, San Francisco, Cal

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