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Market Street, from corner Stockton Street, looking West, San Francisco – Vintage Wall Art

Market Street, from corner Stockton Street, looking West, San Francisco, [published 1866] — historic photograph
Market Street, from corner Stockton Street, looking West, San Francisco, [published 1866]. 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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Step back in time with Market Street, from corner Stockton Street, looking West, San Francisco, 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.

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Market Street, from corner Stockton Street, looking West, San Francisco

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Market Street, photographed from the corner of Stockton Street and looking west, was one of San Francisco's main commercial thoroughfares, and this view captures it in the mid-1860s. The Library holds only one half of a stereographic pair from the Gems of California Scenery series, number 508, so the image was meant to be seen through a stereoscope for a three-dimensional effect. Albumen prints like this were popular parlor entertainment at the time, and the street scene offers a glimpse of a city still rebuilding after the fires of the 1850s. The 1866 date comes from the caption card and has not been independently verified.

Created / published[published 1866]
Medium1 photographic print : half stereograph, albumen.
GenreStereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870.
SubjectsThe Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 508. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco--General Views. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,448 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-116143

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