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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a drawing of San Francisco by Henry Firks, ca.1849. An array of ships both large and small are pictured to the right of center in the harbor, while rancher-style houses can be seen on land to the left and along the shore. Mountains are visible in the background. The names of each respective building is listed in a key below the drawing, while the buildings of the shipyard along the shore have their names written on their sides. To the far right, a collection of tends can be seen surrounding a campfire. More text beneath the title reads "Latest edition corrected by a committee of pioneers consisting of Richard M. Sherman, William Heath Davis, Ferdinand Vassualt". Picture file card reads "View from coastline shwoing storefronts looking across the bay to Yerba Buena Island. Drawing includes a listing of the names of steamers and store owners".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs art
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