Title:
A view of Yerba Buena, San Francisco [California]
Creator/Contributor:
Hall, Parker (active ca. 1933), artist (artist)
Date:
1933
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1884--C
Format:
print on paper: photomechanical
35.5 x 53.4 cm.
Content/Description:
Bird's-eye view of Yerba Buena harbor from south showing few scattered buildings, military post where soldiers raise US flag
and several tents; sailing ship in harbor and men in rowboats going toward shore; Telegraph Hill and San Francisco Bay in
distance. Scene depicts event of July 9, 1846 when Captain Montgomery, of the Sloop of War Portsmouth, raised the American
flag in the plaza and seized the region for the United States.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC, within image). Handwritten (LL): 16/25. Printed (LC, within image, below title): On July 9, 1846, Capt[ain]
Montgomery of the Sloop of War Portsmouth, raised the American flag in the plaza and seized the region for the United States;
(LR, within image): Parker Hall, 1933.
Subjects:
Bays;
California, Northern;
Events;
Harbors;
Military facilities;
Military personnel;
San Francisco (Calif.);
Settlements
Genre/Format:
Cityscapes;
Photomechanical prints