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Bird's-eye view of San Francisco 1852
Bird's-eye view of San Francisco 1852
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Title: Bird's Eye View of San Francisco Drawn from Meream’s Model & Nature July 1852
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:Cooke & LeCount
Date Published: 1852
Description:

Lithographed bird's-eye view. On two pages of 4-page letter sheet. Image 25x42.5 cm (9¾x16¾"), on double sheet of blue wove paper 27x43 cm (10¾x16¾").

View to west (over unfinished Market Street) embracing all the town, from wharves and ship-filled harbor, foreground, to Golden Gate (right rear), background. This large, attractive view is among the earliest bird's-eye views of San Francisco. Peters, California on Stone, pp. 99-103, 157. Reps, Views and Viewmakers of Urban America 266. William B. Cooke and Josiah J. Le Count were one of the Gold Rush firms actively engaged in publishing and selling letter sheets and city views. Their earliest prints are dated at San Francisco in 1850. Baird 12.

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Some very faint mottling most noticeable in top (sky) portion), slight retouching; near fine.
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Bird's-eye view of San Francisco 1852

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