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Title
View of the Conflagration from Telegraph Hill San Francisco, Night of May 3rd 1851. [upper] Map of Burnt District of San Francisco. [lower]
Date Created and/or Issued
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
1856
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Prints and Ephemera
Rights Information
For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description
Upper image is of a scene with roaring fire in the city and burning ships in the harbor. Lower image is a map of the area from Pine St. to Vallejo St. (left to right) and Dupont St. to Battery St. (top to bottom). The map indicates the location of four grounded ships as well as buildings that were saved. Upside-down stamp in lower right corner below image. Paper color: gray.
Type
image
Format
High resolution
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; 27 x 20 cm (10 5/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
Identifier
48052:072
48726
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/23460
Language
English
Subject
California--Pictorial works
San Francisco (Calif.)--History
Fires--California
Lithographs. (aat)
Source
California letter sheets.
Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library

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