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460. Grace Cathedral, cor. California and Stockton sts., San Francisco – Historic Photograph Print

460. Grace Cathedral, cor. California and Stockton sts., San Francisco, 1844 — historic photograph
460. Grace Cathedral, cor. California and Stockton sts., San Francisco, 1844. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

(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 460. Grace Cathedral, cor. California and Stockton sts., San Francisco, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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460. Grace Cathedral, cor. California and Stockton sts., San Francisco

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The record places this daguerreotype at California and Stockton streets in San Francisco, a corner on Nob Hill later occupied by Grace Cathedral, but the 1844 date does not fit that history well. In 1844 the settlement was still called Yerba Buena and the surrounding hills were largely undeveloped, so the title and date may not match the scene. Daguerreotypes were unique silvered copper plates made with a process announced in 1839, and each one is a single image rather than a print from a negative. Treat the date and identification as the record's claims until they are checked against other sources.

Created / published1844
Original scan1,536 × 1,459 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference217_James_Alfred_Pearce_hea_1844

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