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Courtesy of UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

Title:

[Sacramento Street; view toward bay down the north side of street, San Francisco.]

Description:

A wrong-reading (reversed) view from a roof top. Image includes men, carts, wagons, horses, and bales of goods on the street and sidewalk. Signs on buildings in the foreground read: Circulating Library, Golden Era, [Pai]nts and Oils, D[ ]ney & Co. Gold Dust..., and Pacific Mail Steamship Co., among others. A large metal top hat is on top of one building, presumably advertising a hatter or clothing store. Masts of ships are visible in the distance.

Creator/Contributor:

Shew, William, 1820-1903, photographer

Date:

[ca. 1852-1853]

Contributing Institution:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library