View from the residence of R.B. Woodward, looking South, San Francisco – Antique Print
![View from the residence of R.B. Woodward, looking South, San Francisco, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f5/f55e9f423bb4-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 View from the residence of R.B. Woodward, looking South, San Francisco in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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View from the residence of R.B. Woodward, looking South, San Francisco
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This half of a stereograph looks south from the residence of R.B. Woodward, a view of a private home in a city that was still rebuilding its identity after the Gold Rush. Woodward later became known for Woodward's Gardens, a popular pleasure ground in San Francisco, so the house he lived in offers a glimpse of the man before his public project. Stereoscopic views like this one were sold in matched pairs and viewed through a hand-held stereoscope, which gave parlor audiences a sense of depth and made distant or local scenes feel close. The library holds only one card from its pair, so the image is best read as a single record of the city's residential streets in the mid-1860s.
| 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. 419. 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 × 1,449 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115983 |
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