Bush Street, from Montgomery to Sansome--Occidental and Cosmopolitan Hotels, San Francisco – Historic Photo Reproduction
![Bush Street, from Montgomery to Sansome--Occidental and Cosmopolitan Hotels, San Francisco, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4a/4a622396973f-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.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Bush Street, from Montgomery to Sansome--Occidental and Cosmopolitan Hotels, San Francisco in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Bush Street, from Montgomery to Sansome--Occidental and Cosmopolitan Hotels, San Francisco
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Bush Street between Montgomery and Sansome is the subject here, with the Occidental and Cosmopolitan hotels marking the block. Published around 1866, the view comes from a stereograph series titled *Gems of California Scenery*, and this print is only one half of a stereo pair. Viewed through a stereoscope with its partner image, the two pictures produced a single three-dimensional scene. By the mid-1860s San Francisco was rebuilding and growing rapidly after the Gold Rush, and its hotels and commercial streets drew both travelers and residents. The picture offers a glimpse of that busy downtown when the city was still establishing its identity.
| Created / published | [published 1866] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : half stereograph, albumen. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 139. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco--General Views. This record contains unverified data from old caption card, with subsequent revisions. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,435 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115480 |
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