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Title
Sacramento Street in May 1854 (San Francisco, California)
Creator
Nahl, Charles Christian (1818-1878), German, artist (attributed to), artist
Contributor
Nahl, Charles Christian (1818-1878), German, artist (attributed to), artist
Date Created and/or Issued
May 1854
Publication Information
TheBancroftLibrary, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000; http://bancroft.berkeley.edu
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection
Chinese in California Virtual Collection: Selections from the Bancroft Library
Rights Information
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Description
View looking west up Sacramento Street (Chinatown, Calif.) lined with shops and restaurants, several figures (in Asian dress?), horse and wagon, parcels, and barrels in street. Wood plank board street is divided into two levels with earth and rubble in gap. Signage for Chinese restaurant and shops, St. Francis Market, coffin maker, and wood & coal yard are visible.
Type
image
Format
26.6 x 44.5 cm.
Form/Genre
Cityscapes
Drawings
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb567nb0mz
BANC PIC 1963.002:0802:07--ALB
Subject
Buildings
Business enterprises
California, Northern
Chinese
Sacramento (Calif.)
Settlements
Place
San Francisco (Calif.)

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