Residence of Peter Donahue, corner Bryant and Second Streets, San Francisco – Vintage Wall Art
![Residence of Peter Donahue, corner Bryant and Second Streets, San Francisco, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ec/ece603987246-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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This rare historic photograph captures Residence of Peter Donahue, corner Bryant and Second Streets, San Francisco in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Residence of Peter Donahue, corner Bryant and Second Streets, San Francisco
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Few houses in this photograph's period were as tied to the city's growth as the Peter Donahue residence at the corner of Bryant and Second Streets. Donahue was a Scottish-born machinist and ironworks founder who helped build San Francisco's street railways and industry. This view is one half of a stereographic pair issued in the *Gems of California Scenery* series, and its survival as a single print is what makes it notable. Published around 1866, it shows a substantial private home on a corner south of Market Street, in a city still rebuilding after the fires of the 1850s. The catalog record's date and caption details come from old card information and have not been fully 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. 487. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco--Private Residences. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,458 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115860 |
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