Title:
Celebration on the admission of California into the Union
Creator/Contributor:
Marryat, Francis Samuel (1826-1855), British, artist (artist)
[Unknown]
Date:
[not before 1849]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1878--C
Format:
photograph on paper mounted on board: albumen
31.1 x 51.5 cm., on mount 37.2 x 62.9 cm.
Content/Description:
Parade (on Montgomery Street?) to celebrate California's admission into the Union. Large crowds and men on horseback fill
square; soldiers, sailors, and others in foreground. San Francisco customs house in left background.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below image): From an original drawing taken on the spot, by F. Marryatt [sic], Esq., Oct[ober]
29th, 1849. Handwritten (LC, below image): ... 1850.
Subjects:
California, Northern;
Events;
Military personnel;
San Francisco (Calif.);
Settlements
Genre/Format:
Photographs