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[Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California] / R.J. Waters & Co., San Francisco. – Antique Wall Art

[Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California] / R.J. Waters & Co., San Francisco., c1920. — historic photograph
[Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California] / R.J. Waters & Co., San Francisco., c1920.. 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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A window into the past: [Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California] / R.J. Waters & Co., San Francisco., preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California] / R.J. Waters & Co., San Francisco.

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This view singles out the Fairmont Hotel, which crowns Nob Hill at the corner of California and Mason streets, rising above the grid of streets and rooftops below. The hotel was built by the Fair family estate, and its construction was delayed when the 1906 earthquake and fire devastated the city, so it did not open until 1907. By about 1920, when this print was made, the Fairmont had become one of the city's best-known landmarks, and the surrounding blocks of Nob Hill still held many of the grand residences that had made the hill fashionable. The photographer's elevated angle makes the hotel's position clear against the city's street pattern.

Created / publishedc1920.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreAerial views 1920.Photographic prints 1920.
SubjectsHotels--California--San Francisco--1920. Streets--California--San Francisco--1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,250 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-207310

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