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Vue de San Francisco en 1860 : View of San Francisco in 1860
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View of the Last Great Conflagration in San Francisco on the 22d of June 1851
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San Francisco. From California Street. Drawn from a daguerrotype [sic], the property of Eug. Delessert Esq.re
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A black-and-white panoramic lithograph view of San Francisco, California. The print was drawn from a daguerreotype by photographer Eugène Delessert, printed by Parisian lithograph firm Imprimerie Lemercier, and published by M. [Michele] Knoedler. The print shows San Francisco's California St. with Yerba Buena Harbor and Island in the center, and Telegraph Hill and Alcatraz Island on the left. Scenery includes sailboats, building structures, horses, and figures in a variety of dress. Text below center of image reads, "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855, by M. Knoedler, in the clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." Printer signature reads "Imp. Lemercier, Paris" in lower right corner. Title is printed in the lower center in a cursive font.
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Exposition Internationale d'Électricité, Marseille : Avril-Octobre 1908, 1908
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San Francisco Past and Present
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