Telegraph Hill from First Street, Rincon Hill, San Francisco – Vintage Wall Art
![Telegraph Hill from First Street, Rincon Hill, San Francisco, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/be/beb2b2289adb-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
Step back in time with Telegraph Hill from First Street, Rincon Hill, San Francisco, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Telegraph Hill from First Street, Rincon Hill, San Francisco
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Telegraph Hill, the steep knob on the city's northeast waterfront, is the subject here, seen from First Street on the Rincon Hill side. The print is one half of a stereograph pair, issued in the "Gems of California Scenery" series as number 441, and the Library of Congress holds only this left-eye view, so the paired image is missing from its collection. In the mid-1860s San Francisco was a booming port of wooden houses and new brick, and stereo cards like this one were sold widely to travelers and parlor viewers who wanted to see the city's dramatic hills.
| 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. 441. 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 × 1,463 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115747 |
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