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San Francisco in 1849, with added engraving

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San Francisco in 1849, with added engraving

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Description

Heading: (San Francisco...)
Author:
Title: San Francisco in 1849. Taken from Broadway near Kearny Street. Drawn and Engraved by Thomas Armstrong, in the Fall of 1849, and republished by A. Rosenfield
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:A. Rosenfield
Date Published: [1860s]
Description:

Wood engraving, approx. 10x16.5 cm (4x6½"), on a double sheet measuring 25x19.7 cm (10x8"), white laid paper.

Crude view with buildings or places of particular interest numbered: 1. Long Wharf, 2. Apollo Storeship., 3. G. B. Post & Co., 4. Warehouse., 5. The Plaza., 6. The old Adobe, used as a Custom House., 7. Parker House., 8. Old Post Office., 9. City Hotel., 10. Happy Valley. (Topography and details are incorrect. This is not an issue of 1849 but, apparently, of the early 1860s.) Baird 247; Clifford 249. On this copy, a former owner has mounted a wood-engraved view of San Francisco Bay in pre-gold rush days, from a German publication.

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Some minor soiling and other wear; very good.

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San Francisco in 1849, with added engraving

Name: San Francisco in 1849, with added engraving
Brand: Thomas Armstrong
SKU: 125758491
Price: 325 USD
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