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 an etching of a Fourth of July celebration in Yerba Buena, 1836. At left, multiple people are depicted sitting at a long table underneath a canopy. The American flag can be seen flying above the canopy, while two tents are depicted to the right. A one-story building can be seen to the right of the tents with American and California flags flying above it. In the foreground, two children are depicted running to the left, while a few groups of men and women can be seen congregating nearby. Two of the people are waving. Mountains are depicted in the background. Photoprint reads: "Also the completion of the first home in San Francisco built by Jacob P. Leese".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 17 x 22 cm. photographic prints photographs art
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