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Title: [Steamer "California"]
Creator: Dobbin, Hamilton Henry, 1856-1930
Date Created and/or Issued: [1874]
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
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Description: V1p127b
In PHOTO ALBUM-VAULT: ** fc917.9461 A3, Vol. I, page 127 bottom.
This photograph is contained in one of two volumes by Dobbin titled "Album of San Francisco."
Text below photo: "The steamer 'California' decorated passing up the Bay off Meiggs Wharf, February 28, 1874. Decorated in honor of the anniversary of her first arrival in this harbor. The 'California' was the first steam-driven vessel to pass through the Golden Gate, February 28, 1849." View shows many men on deck. "Bradley & Rulofson written in lower left corner of photo.
Type: image
Format: Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent: 1 photoprint ; 3 7/8 x 5 3/4 in.
Identifier: (C)001380656CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVV-3913
Subject: California (Ship)
Vessels--California--San Francisco
Side wheelers--California--San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Portraits
Place: California
San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)

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