Title:
The Plaza, Portsmouth Square, San Francisco [California]
Creator/Contributor:
Gihon and Butler (Active ca. 1880), lithographer (lithographer)
Date:
[188-?]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1545--FR
Format:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
42 x 50.7 cm., visible image
Content/Description:
View taken from Kearney and Merchant Streets of proposed plan for Portsmouth Square with sunken design for level park; multi-story,
columned walkway surrounding park and central fountain; pedestrians, riders, horses, carriages, and wagons throughout scene;
buildings, including City Hall in center, surround plaza.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. Gihon and Butler; (LC, below title): As it should and as it may be, according to the
plan proposed by J.J. Chauviteau, Esqre. View taken from Kearney and Merchant Streets.
Subjects:
Buildings;
San Francisco (Calif.);
Settlements
Genre/Format:
Lithographs, color