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View of San Francisco taken from the hill at the head of California Street

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Title: View of San Francisco taken from the hill at the head of California Street
Creator: Corson & Armstrong, 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: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Oval central view from Nob Hill towards harbor with Yerba Buena Island in distance; Telegraph Hill to left; Rincon Point to right. Numerous buildings and ships in middleground. Four circular views at corners include: Telegraph Buildings, City Hall, Gothic Hall, and map of city from 1850.
Printed title (LC). Date 1850 within image. Printed (LC, above title): Published by Corson & Armstrong, stationers, N[ew] Orleans.
Type: image
Format: Print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 51.8 x 71.7 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf2w1008p6
BANC PIC 1963.002:0606--D
Subject: Bays
Buildings
California, Northern
Harbors
San Francisco (Calif.)
Settlements

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