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Title
Map of the Burnt District of San Francisco, Showing the Extent of the Fire
Date Created and/or Issued
1850
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
1856
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Prints and Ephemera
Rights Information
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Description
Image contains a map showing the area from Pine Street to Vallejo Street (left to right) and from Front Street to Dupont Street (bottom to top). The darkened portions of the map indicate where the fire was. There are fifty-four numbered destroyed buildings on the map, and twenty-three lettered saved buildings. Below the map is a key for these labeled buildings, indicating the occupants and material used in their construction. "S.J. Gower del. Fishbourne's Lithog. Ohio Street, San Francisco."--text, below map. Paper color: gray.
Baird notes that this letter sheet seems to be a reference to the fire of May 3rd-4th, 1851 in San Francisco.
Type
image
Format
High resolution
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; 47 x 28.4 cm (18 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.) overall.
Identifier
48052:122
48786
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/23520
Language
English
Subject
California--Pictorial works
San Francisco (Calif.)--History
Fires--California
California--Maps
Lithographs. (aat)
Source
California letter sheets.
Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library

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