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Title
San Francisco [California]
Creator
G.F. Nesbitt & Co., lithographer Marvin & Hitchcock (active ca. 1852), publisher
Date Created and/or Issued
[1850]
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
Street view with Empire & Exchange buildings; cattle, horses, wagons, cargo, and pedestrians crowd streets. Harbor with ships in distance.
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Published by Marvin & Hitchcock/Pioneer Book Store, San Francisco; (LC, above title): Lith. of Geo. F. Nesbit N[ew]Y[ork]; (LR): Thompson & Hitchcock/managers and agents of/Gregory's California Express/146 Pearl St[reet], corner Wall St[reet], N[ew] Y[ork]. Handwritten date (MR): December 9th, 1850. Handwritten letter on recto and verso.
Type
image
Format
Print on tinted paper: pen lithograph 28.7 x 23.5 cm., sheet
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf2m3nb41s
BANC PIC 1963.002:0124--B
Subject
Buildings
California, Northern
Harbors
San Francisco (Calif.)
Settlements
Waterfronts

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