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San Francisco In 1851
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Image is of the view from the west to Yerba Buena Island, harbor, and bay. Telegraph Hill and station are at the left. "From Nature and on Stone, by J.H. Peirce. Published by Cooke & LeCount Booksellers & Stationers Montgomery Street, Wells Building. Printed by Chas. E. Per[egoy]."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.
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View of the Last Great Conflagration in San Francisco on the 22d of June 1851
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Image of the burning city with the bay in the background. The view is from Nob Hill diagonally over the Plaza to Telegraph Hill. Text below the image describes the damage caused by the fire. "Pub. & Lith. by Justh Quirot & Co California St. corner Montgomery, S.F."--text, below image. Blue text printed below the image in the bottom left corner. Paper color: blue.
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Entrance to San Francisco Bay, [1851?]
Manuscripts
The collection contains 96 drawings, 14 original letters, and 39 facsimiles of letters and manuscripts.
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San Francisco - From Pleasant Valley, 1851
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Image of Pleasant Valley as an extension of Happy Valley. There are three people and three houses in the foreground. The harbor and ships are in the distance. The principal hills, including Telegraph Hill, are in the background. "Dinwiddie Engraver. C.P. Kimball Publisher."--text, below image. Paper color: blue.
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San Francisco waterfront prior to April 1851
Visual Materials
The Huntington Library's Collection of Panoramic Photographs, 1851 to 2014, depicts a wide variety of subjects and provides an important resource for the visual history of the United States, with a particular emphasis on California and the American West. Subjects include landscapes, group portraits, and miscellaneous views. The collection also contains photographs by some of the better known photographers and photographic firms of the first part of the twentieth century. Photographers and publishers represented in the collection include Charles Z. Bailey; Bailey and Ramsey; Bryant Studio; Bunnell Photo Shop; California Panorama Company; Bell Clements; Fay Foto Service; R.J. Gallagher; George. R. Lawrence Company; J.D. Givens; Gordon Panoramic Photo Company; Griffith Photo; Harris Photographic Company; Karen Halverson; George W. Hazard; L.M. Hermance; Hiller; Hughes Photos; William Henry Jackson; I.L. Maduro; Mayhart Studio; C.R. Nock; Panorama Publishing Company; Pettit's Studio; Photo News Service; C.C. Pierce; A.C. Pillsbury; Pillsbury Picture Company; Prince Photo; G.H. Rice; H.H. Rideout; Sanford and Black Photo News Service; Thompson; O.A. Tunnell; H.A. Varble; Miles F. Weaver; and West Coast Art Company. Notable in the collection is a contemporary four-plate ambrotype in a frame; it is a panoramic view of the Los Angeles River, 2014, by Michael Kolster (photPAN 147).
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View of the Plaza of San-Francisco, on the 4th of July 1851
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Image is of the Plaza filled with people watching a parade of horse-drawn boat and barrel floats. In the background, despite the terrible fires of May and June of this year (as Baird notes), are several buildings facing the Plaza. These include a post office and a court. There are many United States flags flying throughout the scene. "Publ. & Lith. by Quirot & Co. Califa. corner Montgy. St. S. F."--text, below image. There is a handwritten word in the lower left corner of the sheet and above the image. Paper color: gray.
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