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Title
[City Hall under construction] (3 views)
Creator
Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904
Contributor
Bradley & Rulofson
Date Created and/or Issued
[ca. 1871]
Publication Information
[San Francisco] : Bradley & Rulofson
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
Restricted original.
Use of original by permission of the Manager of the California History Room.
Description
Three views of City Hall in San Francisco under construction.
View 1 (2005-0575). Shows two men standing on the right hand corner of the completed first story of the brick building, sand in the foreground -- View 2 (2005-0576). Shows sand in the foreground, fence with bricks piled behind it, horse-drawn carriage next to the brick pile, workers to the right, partially completed first floor of city hall with the city in the distance -- View 3 (2005-0577). Shows bricks piled up in the foreground, partially completed first floor of city hall behind, city in the distance.
Restricted original.
Negative, no. 9,518 (70 mm ) for 2005-0575; no. 9,519 (70 mm and 4 x 5 in.) for 2005-0576; no. 9,253 (70 mm and 4 x 5 in.) for 2005-0577.
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
3 photographic prints mounted on linen : albumen ; 16 1/2 x 21 1/8 in. on mount 18 3/8 x 22 5/8 in.
Identifier
(C)001386754CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVW-0035
Language
English
Subject
City & town halls--California--San Francisco
Building construction--California--San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Albumen prints
Mammoth plates
Place
California
San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)

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