Title:
The city of San Francisco: bird's-eye view from the bay looking southwest [California]
Creator/Contributor:
Parsons, Charles R. (1821-1910), American, artist (artist)
Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907), American, publisher (publisher)
Date:
c1878
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1497--FR
Format:
print on paper: lithograph, color
71.5 x 103.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Bird's-eye view looking southwest from bay across city to Pacific Ocean and down peninsula; waterfront area with numerous
ships (sidewheel steamships, sailboats, sailing ships, ferries, etc.) in dock and on bay near wharves in foreground; Golden
Gate in right distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Published by Currier & Ives, 115 Nassau St[reet], New York; (LC): Copyright 1878 by Currier
& Ives, N[ew] Y[ork]; (LR): Sketched & drawn by C.R. Parsons. Printed legend.
Subjects:
Bays;
California, Northern;
San Francisco (Calif.);
Settlements;
Vessels;
Waterfronts
Genre/Format:
Bird's-eye views;
Lithographs, color