The SACRAMENTO and OAKLAND steamers, San Francisco – Antique Print
![The SACRAMENTO and OAKLAND steamers, San Francisco, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/91/91d1bdbed44b-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 The SACRAMENTO and OAKLAND steamers, San Francisco, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The SACRAMENTO and OAKLAND steamers, San Francisco
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Two stern-wheel steamers, the Sacramento and the Oakland, fill this half of a stereograph made at San Francisco, and together they show the bay's working waterfront in the mid-1860s. Boats like these carried passengers and freight across San Francisco Bay and up the Sacramento River, linking the city to the farming valleys and the Gold Rush towns before the railroads took over much of that traffic. The view comes from the Gems of California Scenery series, a commercial line of photographs meant for viewers eager to see the new state's cities and harbors.
| Created / published | [published 1866] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : half stereograph, albumen. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 316. LOT subdivision subject: Ships and River Steamers. Title from item. |
| Subjects | Ships--California--San Francisco--1860-1870. Stern wheelers--California--San Francisco--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,452 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-116042 |
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