From corner Green and Kearny Streets, San Francisco, looking Northwest

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From corner Green and Kearny Streets, San Francisco, looking Northwest

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Church and other buildings.
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view.
Gems of California scenery, no. 194.
LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco General Views.
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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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01/01/1866
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Lawrence & Houseworth, publisher
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Library of Congress
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