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Photographs of San Francisco

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Description: A collection of 311 copy photographs and photographs of illustrations of San Francisco showing the city from 1846 up until the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906, the majority dating to between 1856 and 1890. Images show city streets, especially Market Street; schools, including the Denman School and Lincoln School; neighborhoods, including Nob Hill, Russian Hill, and Telegraph Hill; churches; the Congregation Emanu-El synagogue; a Masonic temple; an Odd Fellows hall; Mission Dolores; hotels, including the old and new Cliff Houses; banks; waterfront views including ferry boats and steamboats; cable cars from various years; tourist attractions, especially Woodward's Gardens and Warner's Cobweb Palace; July 4th celebrations; photographs of snow from 1882; and views of the destruction caused by the 1868 Hayward Earthquake.
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Production date: 1846-1906
Call number: photCL 114
Creator: Hecht, T. E (1875-1937)

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Provenance

Purchased from International Book Finders, August 1960.

Dimensions

images 11 x 23 cm-24 x 19 cm

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Taber, I. W. (1830-1912,)

Watkins, Carleton E., (1829-1916,)

Fardon, G. R.,

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