Telegraph Hill from the Reservoir, San Francisco – Antique Wall Art
![Telegraph Hill from the Reservoir, San Francisco, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a1/a118d0577cd3-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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This historic photograph of Telegraph Hill from the Reservoir, San Francisco brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Telegraph Hill from the Reservoir, San Francisco
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Telegraph Hill, the steep rise on the northeast edge of San Francisco, takes its name from a semaphore signal station that stood on its summit in the 1850s and relayed word of approaching ships. This half stereograph, number 439 in the *Gems of California Scenery* series, shows the hill from a reservoir. Stereographs like this were made as paired images that appeared three-dimensional when viewed through a stereoscope, and they sold widely in the 1860s. The Library holds only one print of the pair, and its caption details come from an old card that has not been independently verified.
| Created / published | [published 1866] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : half stereograph, albumen. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 439. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco--General Views. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,454 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115745 |
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