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Second Street, from Market, San Francisco – Vintage Wall Art

Second Street, from Market, San Francisco, [published 1866] — historic photograph
Second Street, from Market, San Francisco, [published 1866]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures Second Street, from Market, San Francisco in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Second Street, from Market, San Francisco

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Second Street, where it meets Market, is the subject of this half of a stereographic pair, numbered 552 in the *Gems of California Scenery* series. The Library holds only one of the two images, so the view survives as a single print rather than the matched pair that, seen through a stereoscope, once produced a sense of depth. Albumen prints like this were the standard medium for stereographs of the 1860s, and series like this one sold city and landscape views to a public eager for images of a fast-growing Pacific port. Market Street was the city's main avenue, so a view at its junction with Second offers a glimpse of the street life and commerce of the period.

Created / published[published 1866]
Medium1 photographic print : half stereograph, albumen.
GenreStereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870.
SubjectsThe Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 552. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco--General Views. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,435 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-115941

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