[Aerial view of San Francisco and bay] – Vintage Wall Art
![[Aerial view of San Francisco and bay], c1932. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/17/17f81c0866be-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.)
Description
Step back in time with [Aerial view of San Francisco and bay], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
[Aerial view of San Francisco and bay]
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An aerial view taken around 1932 looks down on San Francisco and its bay from above, a vantage that was still novel for city photography in the early 1930s. Airplanes had only recently made such overhead pictures practical, and the bird's-eye angle lets the viewer read the peninsula's dense street grid, its hills, and the water that shaped the city's growth. The print is part of a group of 1930s aerial photographs held by the Library of Congress and was sent to the Pan American Union in Washington, D.C., a body then concerned with inter-American relations. Its survival in the Prints and Photographs Division makes it a useful record of how the city looked during the Great Depression.
| Created / published | c1932. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Aerial photographs 1930-1940.Photographic prints 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Photograph from Pan American Union, Washington, D.C. |
| Subjects | San Francisco (Calif.)--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,274 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-194841 |
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