Title:
View of the conflagration from Telegraph Hill, San Francisco [California], night of May 3d, 1851/Map of the burnt district
of San Francisco showing the extent of the fire
Creator/Contributor:
De Vere, J. (active ca. 1851), lithographer (lithographer)
Noisy Carrier's Book and Stationary Co. (Ch. P. Kimball) (active ca. 1851-ca. 1856), publisher (publisher)
Date:
1851
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0159--B
Format:
print on paper: lithograph
27.1 x 21.2 cm., image on sheet 27.1 x 42.4 cm.
Content/Description:
View from Russian Hill(?) showing central commercial area engulfed in flames; harbor at left. Includes map of area with annotations.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (below images). Stamped (LR): Noisy Carrier's Publishing Hall, 77 Long Wharf, San Francisco, Charles P. Kimball,
propretor [sic]. Handwritten annotations. Blind stamp (UC). Attribution to De Vere based on comparison to 1963,002:0160--A.
Subjects:
California, Northern;
Events;
Fires;
San Francisco (Calif.);
Settlements
Genre/Format:
Cityscapes;
Lithographs;
Pictorial lettersheets