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View of Yerba Buena Cove and the business district of San Francisco, 1853

View of Yerba Buena Cove and the business district of San Francisco, 1853

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nX6OmyMY

View of Yerba Buena Cove and the business district of San Francisco, 1853

About this item

Full title

View of Yerba Buena Cove and the business district of San Francisco, 1853

Date

1853

Call Numbers

P*108

Record Identifier

nX6OmyMY

Reference Code

886708
Physical Description

Contents

1 photograph - 15.5 x 21 cm - daguerreotype

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

Access and use

Physical Access Conditions

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Issue Copy

Copy print : P*108

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More information

Alternative Titles

Full title

View of Yerba Buena Cove and the business district of San Francisco, 1853

Notes

General note

Identified after comparing with an unsigned daguerrean panorama of San Francisco published in 'Mirror of the dream', which shows the church, El Dorado Gambling House and Jenny Lind Theatre in 1853.

Restored 1984, by Geoffrey Major; report with photograph taken before restoration filed in Pictures Section.

Signature / Inscriptions

Unsigned, undated and untitled.

Description source

Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010

Contextual Information

Source

Purchased from Royal Australian Historical Society, 1970.

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

P*108

Record Identifier

nX6OmyMY

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nX6OmyMY

Other Identifiers

Reference code

886708

How to access this item

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