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Title
Wreck of Tennessee [near Point Bonita, California]
Creator
McMurtrie, William Birch (1816-1872), American, artist
Date Created and/or Issued
[1850-1855]
Publication Information
Bancroft Library
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection
Honeyman (Robert B., Jr.) - Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material
Rights Information
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Description
Coastline from sea; slopes rise steeply from water; flag (or tent?) on small outcropping. Possibly Tennessee Cove where the Tennessee (ship) ran aground.
Handwritten title (LC). Handwritten (ML, on hill): red.
Type
image
Format
Drawing on paper: pencil 18.1 x 27.3 cm.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf0489n9j9
BANC PIC 1963.002:1300:18--ALB
Subject
California, Northern
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
Waterfronts

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