Honolulu steamer Ajax unloading at Greenwich St. wharf, San Francisco – Vintage Print
![Honolulu steamer Ajax unloading at Greenwich St. wharf, San Francisco, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/df/df172957293e-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 Honolulu steamer Ajax unloading at Greenwich St. wharf, San Francisco. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Honolulu steamer Ajax unloading at Greenwich St. wharf, San Francisco
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Few pictures in the gallery show a working steamer as plainly as this one, which records the Honolulu steamer Ajax unloading cargo at the Greenwich Street wharf in San Francisco. In the 1860s San Francisco was one of the busiest ports on the Pacific coast, and steamers from Honolulu and other Pacific ports brought goods, passengers and mail into its bay. The view is one half of a stereograph, meant to be seen through a stereoscope for a sense of depth, and it was issued in the *Gems of California Scenery* series. The Library holds only this half of the pair, and the caption data attached to the record is unverified, so the exact date should be read with that in mind.
| Created / published | [published 1866] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : half stereograph, albumen. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 321. LOT subdivision subject: Ships and river steamers. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,505 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-112144 |
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