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Jewish Synagogue on Mason Street, San Francisco – Historic Photograph Print

Jewish Synagogue on Mason Street, San Francisco, [published 1866] — historic photograph
Jewish Synagogue on Mason Street, San Francisco, [published 1866]. Historic photograph from the Freemasons 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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Jewish Synagogue on Mason Street, San Francisco comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Few of the city's views from the 1860s show a house of worship on a street like Mason, which makes this stereograph a useful record of San Francisco's Jewish community in its early decades. The Gold Rush had drawn many Jewish merchants and families to the city, and by the mid-1860s they had built congregations with permanent synagogues. Published around 1866 as part of the *Gems of California Scenery* series, this view was meant to be seen through a stereoscope, which gave the building depth and made it feel close to the viewer. The Library holds only one card from the pair, so the second image is missing from this record, and the caption details are unverified.

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. 234. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco--Churches and Synagogues. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,347 × 2,250 px · prints to 8 × 8 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-116077

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