Title:
Fire in San Francisco [California] in the night from the 3[r]d - 4th May, 1851
Creator/Contributor:
Justh & Co. (active ca. 1851), lithographer (lithographer)
Date:
1851
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0037--A
Format:
print on tinted paper: lithograph
22.8 x 29 cm., sheet
Content/Description:
View from Nob Hill looking towards waterfront with entire wharf area engulfed in flames; figures flee in all directions.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (UC). Printed (LC, below title): loss $20,000,000; (LR): Lith. Justh & Co., Broadway between Dupont & Stockton
St[reet]s. Handwritten (LL): x F.S.H. Store/about where the fire commenced.
Subjects:
California, Northern;
Fires;
San Francisco (Calif.);
Waterfronts
Genre/Format:
Cityscapes;
Lithographs;
Pictorial lettersheets