Bay St. and Telegraph Hill – Vintage Wall Art
(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 Bay St. and Telegraph Hill in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Bay St. and Telegraph Hill
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Bay Street, where it meets the slopes of Telegraph Hill, places this view on San Francisco's northern waterfront. The record dates the print to 1906, the year the city was struck by a major earthquake and fire in April, which reshaped much of the city and its streets. The catalog notes that its details come from an old caption card and have not been independently verified, so the exact date and location should be read with that in mind. The print is part of the William "Billy" Mitchell Collection, and its street-level view offers a glimpse of the neighborhood as it looked in the years around that disaster.
| Created / published | 1906 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. William (Billy") Mitchell Collection." |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,160 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-119198 |
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