Guide to the Stereographs of San Francisco
Processed by Wendy Welker.
California Historical Society
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San Francisco, California 94105-4014
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Note
History--California History--Northern California History
Guide to the Stereographs of San Francisco
Accession number: PC-RM-Stereos: Box 06
California Historical Society
North Baker Research Library
San Francisco,
California
Contact Information:
- California Historical Society
- North Baker Research Library
- 678 Mission Street
- San Francisco, California 94105-4014
- Phone: (415) 357-1848, ext. 20
- Fax: (415) 357-1850
- Email: reference@calhist.org
- URL: http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/
- Processed by:
- Wendy Welker
- Date Completed:
- August 2003
- Encoded by:
- UCSC OAC Unit
© 2003 California Historical Society. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Stereographs of San Francisco,
Date (inclusive): ca.
1867-1870s
Collection number: PC-RM-Stereos: Box
06
Creator:
Thomas Houseworth & Co.
Extent:
36 photographic prints (mounted), 9 x 18 cm.
Repository:
California Historical Society, North Baker Library
San Francisco, California 94105-4014
Abstract: Stereographs of San Francisco, Calif. taken by Thomas Houseworth
& Co.
Physical location: Please consult repository.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
Stereographs of San Francisco, PC-RM-Stereos: Box 06, California Historical Society,
North Baker Research Library, Photography Collection.
Acquisition Information
Consult repository.
Scope and Contents Note
Contains images of San Francisco streets and buildings, including hotels, churches, and
businesses. Many of the structures are identified by captions. There are a few photos of the
Dry Dock at Hunter's Point and one photo each of Goat Island (now Yerba Buena Island),
Thomas Starr King's tomb, and the Aerial Steam Navigation Co.'s steam-driven airship,
Avitor.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
King, Thomas
Starr--1824-1864--Tomb--Photographs.
Streets--California--San Francisco--Photographs.
Business enterprises--California--San
Francisco--Photographs.
Dry docks--California--San
Francisco--Photographs.
Airships--California--San Francisco Bay
Area--Photographs.
San Francisco (Calif.)--Pictorial works.
Goat Island (Calif.)--Pictorial works.
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Houseworth, Thomas
Note
Box 6
Stereo No. 108
Corner of Kearny and Geary Streets.
Stereo No. 110
Post Street--West from Montgomery
Stereo No. 114
East side of Montgomery Street--From Sacramento to California.
Stereo No. 143
The Lick House--from the corner of Market and Montgomery Streets.
Stereo No. 143
[duplicate] The Lick House--from the corner of Market and Montgomery Streets.
Stereo No. 145
J. W. Tucker & Co.s Jewelry Establishment, north-west corner Montgomery and
Sutter streets.
Stereo No. 149
Montgomery Street--Looking north from Market (Instantaneous)
Stereo No. 165
San Francisco, from corner of Market and Sixth Streets.
Stereo No. 173
East side Montgomery Street--Looking North from California Street.
Stereo No. 178
Cosmopolitan Hotel, corner Sansom (i.e., Sansome) and Bush Streets.
Stereo No. 179
The Grand Hotel, Market street front, San Francisco.
Stereo No. 208
South side of California street, from Montgomery, looking East--Merchant's
Exchange.
Stereo No. 210
Bank of California--N.W. corner California and Sansom Sts.
Stereo No. 237
Masonic Temple--corner Post and Montgomery Streets.
Stereo No. 255
P.M.S.S. Co.'s Steamship Japan--In the California Dry Dock, Hunter's
Point.
Stereo No. 263
Engine Buildings of the California Dry Dock, Hunter's Point, San
Francisco.
Stereo No. 318
The Aerial Steam Navigation Co.'s steamer Avitor.
Stereo No. 350
Fireman's Fund Insurance Building, S.W. corner of California and Sansom
Streets.
Stereo No. 373
The City--From Rincon Hill, looking North.
Stereo No. 373
[duplicate] The City--From Rincon Hill, looking North.
Stereo No. 375
San Francisco--View from Second Street, Rincon Hill.
Stereo No. 378
The City--From corner Second and Folsom Streets.
Stereo No. 379
Goat Island and the Bay, from Rincon Hill.
Stereo No. 388
United States Marine Hospital, Rincon Point.
Stereo No. 389
Gas Works and Long Bridge--from Rincon Point.
Stereo No. 420
The Conservatory at Woodward's Garden, San Francisco.
Stereo No. 425
Summer House and Lake--Woodward's Garden.
Stereo No. 439
Telegraph Hill, from the Reservoir.
Stereo No. 458
Starr King's Tomb--At the Churchyard, Geary St.
Stereo No. 503
Lincoln School House, Fifth Street, from corner Market.
Stereo No. 555
Third Street, from Market Street, San Francisco.
Stereo No. 558
View from the Nucleus Hotel--corner Market and Third Streets, looking
west.
Palace Hotel workmen removing rails and Nicholson Pavement, on New Montgomery
St.
Post Street, Stockton to Powell.
