San Francisco, 1849 / Schmidt Label & Litho. Co., S.F. Cal. – Antique Print
(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 antique lithograph of San Francisco, 1849 / Schmidt Label & Litho. Co., S.F. Cal. brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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San Francisco, 1849 / Schmidt Label & Litho. Co., S.F. Cal.
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This lithograph presents San Francisco as it looked in 1849, though it was printed around 1886, nearly four decades later. The record credits Henry Firks with drawing it on the spot and notes a copyright by Max Burkardt, while the Schmidt Label & Lithographic Company of San Francisco produced the color print. Such views were popular in the 1880s, when residents who remembered the Gold Rush were watching the rebuilt city take shape, and the picture offers a glimpse of the rough early settlement that grew into a major port in just a few years.
| Created / published | c1886. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Cityscape prints 1880-1890.Lithographs Color 1840-1850. |
| Notes | 19166R U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Max Burkardt, San Francisco, Cal. Drawn on the spot by Henry Firks." on recto." |
| Subjects | San Francisco (Calif.)--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,456 × 1,159 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217628 |
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