Residence of R.B. Woodward, San Francisco - The Picture Gallery – Antique Print
![Residence of R.B. Woodward, San Francisco - The Picture Gallery, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f1/f18cd202189b-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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A window into the past: Residence of R.B. Woodward, San Francisco - The Picture Gallery, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Residence of R.B. Woodward, San Francisco - The Picture Gallery
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Few domestic interiors from 1860s San Francisco survive in photographs, which makes this view of the picture gallery in R.B. Woodward's residence unusual. It is one half of a stereograph pair from the *Gems of California Scenery* series, number 424, meant to be viewed through a stereoscope so the two images merged into a sense of depth. The albumen print, published in 1866, shows a room whose walls are filled with framed works, as the title suggests, in a format typical of parlor card views of the period. It offers a glimpse of how prosperous city households displayed their collections in the years after the Gold Rush.
| 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. 424. 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 × 1,441 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115932 |
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