California Street, from corner Stockton - looking East, San Francisco – Vintage Photo Print
![California Street, from corner Stockton - looking East, San Francisco, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c5/c5fa89920268-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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Step back in time with California Street, from corner Stockton - looking East, San Francisco, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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California Street, from corner Stockton - looking East, San Francisco
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California Street, seen from the corner of Stockton Street and looking east, is a stereograph half that once formed one card of a stereoscopic pair, issued in the series "Gems of California Scenery" as number 354. Only this left-hand or single print survives in the Library's holdings, so the depth effect the viewer would have seen through a stereoscope is not preserved here. Published around 1866, it shows a city still rebuilding its identity after the Gold Rush boom, when stereoviews of San Francisco streets were popular souvenirs sold to visitors and armchair travelers alike. The record's details are drawn from an old caption card and have 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. 354. 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 × 1,432 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115778 |
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