Black Point and Golden Gate, from Telegraph Hill, San Francisco – Antique Wall Art
![Black Point and Golden Gate, from Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/5c/5c518ca9cbe1-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Black Point and Golden Gate, from Telegraph Hill, San Francisco. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Black Point and Golden Gate, from Telegraph Hill, San Francisco
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From Telegraph Hill, this view looks out over Black Point on the San Francisco shoreline toward the Golden Gate, the strait where the bay meets the Pacific. The hill rises steeply above the northern waterfront and was a popular vantage point in the 1860s, when the city's harbor was busy with shipping. The print is one half of a stereograph pair from the *Gems of California Scenery* series, published in 1866 and meant to be viewed through a stereoscope for a three-dimensional effect. Only this half is held by the Library, so the companion view cannot be compared with it.
| 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. 429. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco--General Views. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,447 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115770 |
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