Jewish Synagogue, Sutter Street, from Union Square, San Francisco – Antique Photo Print
![Jewish Synagogue, Sutter Street, from Union Square, San Francisco, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ae/aed4ff8d8dd0-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Jewish Synagogue, Sutter Street, from Union Square, San Francisco. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Jewish Synagogue, Sutter Street, from Union Square, San Francisco
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Few views from this period show a Jewish house of worship as part of an everyday street scene, and this one looks across Union Square toward the synagogue on Sutter Street. The print is one half of a stereographic pair, made to be seen through a stereoscope so the street appeared to have depth. It belongs to the *Gems of California Scenery* series, and its albumen process was the common photographic method of the 1860s. The view offers a glimpse of a rapidly growing city in the years after the Gold Rush, when San Francisco was building the churches and public spaces that marked its permanence.
| 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. 232. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco--Churches and Synagogues. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,459 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115970 |
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