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Title
Drawing depicting San Francisco, 1849
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1849
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a drawing depicting San Francisco, 1849. The city is visible on the left side of the image, surrounded by hills. It is composed mostly of small buildings with peaked roofs, although there are several larger buildings as well. On the right side of the image is San Francisco Bay, which is crowded with both steam- and sail- powered ships as well as an assortment of small boats. In the foreground there are three tents set up on a hill, and three people are visible walking nearby.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m9714
USC-1-1-1-9853 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-10082
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9714
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-10082.jpg
Subject
San Francisco County--Waterfront
Views
Buildings
Ships
Cities
Time Period
1849
Place
California
San Francisco
USA
Source
1-48- [Microfiche number]
10082 [Accession number]
CHS-10082 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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