Cosmopolitan Hotel, cor. Sansome and Bush sts., San Francisco – Antique Print
![Cosmopolitan Hotel, cor. Sansome and Bush sts., San Francisco, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/68/681fd414d40b-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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Step back in time with Cosmopolitan Hotel, cor. Sansome and Bush sts., San Francisco, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Cosmopolitan Hotel, cor. Sansome and Bush sts., San Francisco
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Standing at the corner of Sansome and Bush streets, the Cosmopolitan Hotel was one of the commercial buildings in San Francisco's busy downtown in the mid-1860s, less than two decades after the Gold Rush transformed the city. This albumen print is one half of a stereographic pair issued in the *Gems of California scenery* series as no. 178, and the Library of Congress holds only this half. Stereo views like this were sold widely and viewed through hand-held viewers, so they gave parlor audiences a three-dimensional look at city streets they might never visit. The date and caption details come from an older card and have not been fully verified.
| 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. 178. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco--Commercial Buildings. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,410 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115514 |
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