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Architectural views of the San Francisco Bay area, California

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Description: A collection of ten published photographs by Britton & Rey distributed as newspaper supplements in the San Francisco News Letter. Items consist of eight published photographs of architectural views in the San Francisco Bay area, California, as well as a photograph of the USS Charleston and a phototype architectural drawing of "The Marquam" hotel in San Francisco, designed by J.M. Wood. Most of the architectural views feature the exteriors of large houses in San Jose, as well as a house in Oakland, and the St. James Hotel and the Strathmore Building in San Francisco.
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Production date: 1887-1890
Call number: photCL 19
Creator: Britton & Rey(Opens in new tab)

Map of the City of San Francisco

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Map was published in Colville's Directory, volume 1 (see RB 65016). Shows original shoreline and considerable fill already accomplished. Submap shows San Francisco County extending half way to San Jose. Submap: County of San Francisco. MS note: X71002. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Varies. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: About 1852 $14.00.

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Bay Area and Southern California views

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The photographs consist of views within the counties of Los Angeles, Monterey, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Ventura, and San Francisco. Specific locations along the coast capture images of Angel Island, Coronado Beach, Lake Tahoe, Monterey Bay, Point Loma, Port Harford (Port San Luis), San Francisco Bay, and Sausalito Bay. Also included are images of what appear to be an early Chinese community of fisherman mending fishing nets and drying squid along the coast of Monterey Bay, San Francisco's Warner's CobWeb Palace, Don Antonio de Coronel's rancho, Gaviota Pass, and the Stanford University Gates in Palo Alto. Several images are credited to I.N. Cook, the Rhea Bros., E.W. Turner, R.J. Waters, and W.H.J & Co. The majority of the images are albumen but also include gelatin silver prints and carte de visite photographs. Handwritten notes cite "Hardy, 1945" which may refer to the original Grahame Hardy collection acquired in 1945.

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Ships in San Francisco Bay

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The Peabody Collection consists of 672 glass plate negatives in various sizes, 1054 film negatives in various sizes, 24 photograph albums, 887 loose photographs in a variety of formats, published works, and manuscript material, created and collected by Henry G. Peabody, 1859-1993 (bulk 1890s-1900s). The materials collectively describe Peabody's long career as a commercial landscape photographer working on both the east and west coasts of the United States. The photographs and negatives depict Peabody and his family; landscape views in New England, Canada, the western United States, California, and Mexico; Native Americans; city and landscape views in Great Britain, France, and Switzerland; portraits; architectural renderings; plants and animals; unidentified landscapes; and miscellaneous images. Additional photographers and photographic firms represented in the collection include Alexander Hesler, Charles F. Lummis, and Spence Air Photos. The published works contain photographs by Peabody. The manuscript material provides information about Peabody's negatives; contains catalogs of Peabody's works for sale; describes Peabody's commercial dealings as both a photographer and seller of photographic equipment; and contains ephemeral material collected by Peabody throughout his life.

photCL 478

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Map of the City of San Francisco

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Alt title from cover. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: R. N. Bellows Lick House San Francisco 1854-58 347648.

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Britton & Rey's guide map of the city of San Francisco

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A detailed city map with attached movable scale or tape. Ms note: 384734. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles, feet. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: San Francisco 1887 Britton & Rey 384734.

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Yachting on San Francisco Bay

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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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Architectural views of the San Francisco Bay area, California

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