Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996
Date Created and/or Issued
1849
Publication Information
California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Caption: "San Francisco in 1849. Center of Town." This photograph shows the central portion of an 1886 lithograph by Henry Firks, depicting San Francisco as it appeared in 1849.
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