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Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- Seven-part panoramic view of the San Francisco Bay extending from Happy Valley to Rincon Point, taken in the spring of 1851 by an unknown photographer from 1st and Howard Streets.
- Extent:
- 7 photographs
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]; San Francisco Panorama, 1851 spring, DAG 11C; California Historical Society.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Seven-part panoramic view of the San Francisco Bay extending from Happy Valley to Rincon Point, taken in the spring of 1851 by an unknown photographer from 1st and Howard Streets. Businesses and other features captured include: Portsmouth Plaza, Oriental Hotel, Happy Valley Market, Happy Valley Bakery, Ocean House, Cottage Content, People's Market, Vulcan Foundry, Pacific Iron Works, Sutter House, the steamer C. M. Weber, abandoned ships, a laundry woman, and shipbuilding works.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Warner Brown, 1942 July 29.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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California Historical Society collections have been transferred to Stanford University Libraries. Collections will be unavailable as Stanford accessions them and updates records. Please contact chscollection@stanford.edu with any inquiries.
- Terms of access:
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Materials in this collection, which were created in 1851, are in the public domain of the United States. Permission to publish or reproduce is not required.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]; San Francisco Panorama, 1851 spring, DAG 11C; California Historical Society.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022