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Title: San Francisco, 1854. Fire of July 11th
Creator: Britton & Rey, printer
Date Created and/or Issued: 1854
1855
1856
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1858
1859
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Prints and Ephemera
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image is of the general view of San Francisco from Nob Hill looking east with Yerba Buena Island in the background. Part of the city is in flames (Jackson Street, as Baird notes). There are several figures in the foreground viewing the fire. "Lith. of Britton & Rey Cor Montg. & Comm. Sts."--text, below image. Paper color: gray. Baird notes that this image is a variant state of the stone used for "San Francisco, 1854."
Type: image
Format: High resolution
Extent: 1 lithograph : uncolored ; 18 x 42.6 cm (7 1/16 x 16 3/4 in.) overall
Identifier: 48052:049
1643
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/23436
Language: English
Subject: California--Pictorial works
San Francisco (Calif.)--History
Fires--California
Lithographs. (aat)
Source: California letter sheets.
Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library

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