Entrance to Lick House, Montgomery Street, San Francisco – Historic Photo Reproduction
![Entrance to Lick House, Montgomery Street, San Francisco, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/10/1024449a778a-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with Entrance to Lick House, Montgomery Street, San Francisco, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Entrance to Lick House, Montgomery Street, San Francisco
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The entrance to the Lick House on Montgomery Street, San Francisco, is the subject of this view, showing the hotel's street-level doorway and the commercial frontage around it. James Lick, a piano maker who became a wealthy land investor, backed the hotel, which was among the more elaborate hotels in a city still growing quickly after the Gold Rush. This print is one half of a stereographic pair from the *Gems of California Scenery* series, meant to be viewed through a stereoscope for a three-dimensional effect. The record's date of 1866 is unverified, but it places the image in the decade when such cards were a popular way to show American cities to viewers far away.
| Created / published | [published 1866] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : half stereograph, albumen. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 144. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco--Commercial Buildings. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,458 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115925 |
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