Steamship GOLDEN CITY, San Francisco – Vintage Print
![Steamship GOLDEN CITY, San Francisco, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/94/946566ecc20d-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.)
Description
A window into the past: Steamship GOLDEN CITY, 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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Steamship GOLDEN CITY, San Francisco
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This view of the steamship Golden City in San Francisco is one half of a stereograph pair, and the Library holds only that single print. Its caption card places it in the series *Gems of California Scenery* as number 312, and the date of 1866 is a publication estimate. In the 1860s San Francisco's waterfront was among the busiest on the Pacific coast, with steamers, sailing ships, and river boats moving passengers and freight in and out of the bay. Stereographs like this one were meant to be viewed through a stereoscope, which gave the ship's hull and rigging a sense of depth that a flat print could not.
| 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. 312. LOT subdivision subject: Ships and River Steamers. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,455 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-116043 |
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