The Cliff House - San Francisco – Historic Reproduction
![The Cliff House - San Francisco, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a4/a439547dce23-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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The Cliff House - San Francisco comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Cliff House - San Francisco
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Few places in 1860s San Francisco drew more carriage traffic than the Cliff House, a resort perched on the bluffs at the city's western edge where the land ends at Ocean Beach. Offshore, the Seal Rocks were a popular sight, and visitors came to watch the sea lions while looking out over the Pacific. This albumen print is one half of a stereograph, the kind of paired photograph viewed through a stereoscope to produce a sense of depth, and it was issued in a series called *Gems of California Scenery*. The Library holds only this half of the pair, so the second view is missing, and the caption details come from an old card whose accuracy has not been 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. 408. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco-- Cliff House, Seal Rocks, Ocean Beach. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,434 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115771 |
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