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 view of Market Street, Montgomery Street and Post Street, San Francisco, 1868. Majority of the buildings are at least two-stories tall. Horse-drawn carriages travel the streets. About a dozen men are working in a trench in the undeveloped area (foreground). Notable buildings are (from left to right) Mechanics Institute, Pacific College, Trinity Church (in distance) at Post Street and Powel Street, Masonic Temple building, Hibernia Bank. In the forground is the site of Palace Hotel and Grand Hotel. Legible signs include: "620 carpets", "pian[...]", "[...] clothing [...]", "Hinch[...] apothe[cary]", "Mechanics Institute", "Pacific Business College", "hardware", "new, corner".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
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