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City hall, San-Francisco, Cal. / Lith. & publ. by Quirot & Co., corner California and Montgomery Sts., S. Francisco.
Summary
Pictorial lettersheet shows early San Francisco city hall, formerly Jenny Lind Theatre, between El Dorado Hotel and The Union; with attached blank leaf.
Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 30.
Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.26
Originally a Spanish (later Mexican) mission and pueblo, it was conquered by the United States in 1846 and by an invading army of prospectors following the 1848 discovery of gold in its hinterland. The Gold Rush made San Francisco a cosmopolitan metropolis with a frontier edge. In early 1900s the city tried to remake itself into a grand and modern Paris of the West.
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Date
01/01/1850
Contributors
Quirot & Co., lithographer
Location
San Francisco, California, United States, 37.77507, -122.41907
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.
