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San Francisco, California – Antique Wall Art

San Francisco, California, Frederick Hess Publisher, c1874. — antique engraving
San Francisco, California, Frederick Hess Publisher, c1874.. Antique engraving from the San Francisco collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of San Francisco, California. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Published by Frederick Hess around 1874 and registered with the U.S. Copyright Office, this engraving focuses on the buildings and streets of San Francisco. By the 1870s the city had grown far beyond its Gold Rush beginnings, with commercial blocks lining the downtown streets and wooden houses climbing the surrounding hills. Views like this circulated widely in print, giving readers across the country a picture of a Pacific port that had become one of the largest cities in the West in only a generation.

Created / publishedFrederick Hess Publisher, c1874.
Medium1 print : engraving.
GenreCityscape prints 1870-1880.Engravings 1870-1880.
Notes13861E U.S. Copyright Office
SubjectsSan Francisco (Calif.)--1870-1880. Buildings--California--San Francisco--1870-1880. Streets--California--San Francisco--1870-1880.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,279 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-182256

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