Title:
San Francisco [California] 1849
Creator/Contributor:
Snow & Co. (active ca. 1849), publisher (publisher)
Date:
1849
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0551--E
Format:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
48.4 x 86.1 cm.
Content/Description:
City and harbor looking from Rincon Point towards Telegraph Hill. Clustered buildings at left with US flag in center (Portsmouth
Square). Signs on buildings in foreground read "Sherman & Ruckel," "P.M.S.S. Co.," and "S.H. Williams & Co." Ships in bay,
one on fire (names identified in legend); Yerba Buena Island at right; several tents among buildings and small military camp
in right foreground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Published by Snow & Co., 20 Post Street. Printed legend. For variant see 1963.002:1493--FR.
Subjects:
Business enterprises;
California, Northern;
Harbors;
San Francisco (Calif.);
Settlements;
Vessels
Genre/Format:
Cityscapes;
Lithographs, color