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Third Street, from Market Street, San Francisco – Historic Photo Reproduction

Third Street, from Market Street, San Francisco, [published 1866] — historic photograph
Third Street, from Market Street, San Francisco, [published 1866]. Historic photograph from the San Francisco collection.

(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 Third Street, from Market Street, 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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Third Street, from Market Street, San Francisco

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Third Street, seen from Market Street, survives as one half of a stereograph, catalogued as number 555 in the *Gems of California Scenery* series, and the Library holds only that half of the pair. Market Street was the main thoroughfare of a city that had grown quickly after the Gold Rush, so views like this one record a busy, still-developing downtown. Albumen prints such as this were mounted on card and viewed through a stereoscope, a popular parlor pastime in the 1860s. The 1866 date comes from unverified caption information, so it is worth confirming against other sources.

Created / published[published 1866]
Medium1 photographic print : half stereograph, albumen.
GenreStereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870.
SubjectsThe Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 555. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco--General Views. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,451 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-115944

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