Fishermen's Wharf, San Francisco – Historic 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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Fishermen's Wharf, San Francisco comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Fishermen's Wharf, San Francisco
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Fishermen's Wharf in San Francisco was already a working waterfront by about 1901, when the Detroit Publishing Company turned its camera on the docks and the boats tied up along them. The company, based in Detroit, produced a huge catalog of views of American cities, landscapes and industry, sold as photochrom and other prints to travelers and buyers who wanted a picture of the country. This example carries the company's number 014040 on its caption card, and its record notes that no original negative survives, so the print stands as one of the few direct records of the scene. Look at the boats and the crowded shoreline to see how fishing and trade shaped the city's edge at the turn of the century.
| Created / published | c1901. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photograph by the Detroit Publishing Co. No. 014040 - no original negative. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Fishing. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,176 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-144802 |
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