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[San Francisco, Calif.] – Antique Print

[San Francisco, Calif.], c1900. — historic photograph
[San Francisco, Calif.], c1900.. Historic photograph 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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This rare historic photograph captures [San Francisco, Calif.] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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This stereograph is catalogued under the Presidio, the Army post on the northern tip of San Francisco, and its caption card also lists African American soldiers and Army units. Stereo cards like this one were sold in large numbers around 1900, when people viewed them through handheld viewers for home entertainment and armchair travel. The Presidio had been an Army installation since the Spanish colonial period, and in the years around 1900 Black regiments, including the 24th and 25th Infantry, were stationed in the city before many of their soldiers were sent to the Philippines. The caption data is unverified, so the exact unit and scene are worth checking against other sources.

Created / publishedc1900.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
SubjectsStereo copyrighted by B.L. Singley. No. 11255. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Forts--Presidio; African Americans--Military; Army, U.S.--Units; U.S. Hist.--1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 870 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-151062

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