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Image / Illustration of San Francisco's Market Street north from Kearny Street, ca.1890

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Title
Illustration of San Francisco's Market Street north from Kearny Street, ca.1890
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1890
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 an illustration of San Francisco's Market Street north from Kearny Street, ca.1890. The streets are lined with shops, which are housed in ornate three- or four-story buildings. Many of the shops on the left side of the street have light awnings in front. There are several pedestrians in the street, as well as two horse drawn carriages and a dog. On the right side of the image is an exotic clock tower(?). Legible signs include, from left, "Dentis[t]", and "Signs".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m9700
USC-1-1-1-9839 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-10055
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9700
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-10055.jpg
Subject
San Francisco County--Streets
Streets
Buildings
Carriages and carts
Pedestrians
Roadways
Time Period
circa 1890
Place
California
Kearney Street at Market Street
San Francisco
USA
Source
1-48- [Microfiche number]
10055 [Accession number]
CHS-10055 [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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