View of the burnt district San Francisco Snyder & Black Lith 87 Fulton St. N.Y

Print shows small groups of people in the foreground and others scattered among the ruins of burned buildings around the "Portsmouth Square" section of San Francisco, California. On the left is one building identified as the "Burgoyne & Co. Banking House" that appears to have survived the flames, other buildings are in the background. Includes a street map showing the affected area as being between "Clay St., Montgomery St., Jackson St., [and] Dupont St."
276 U.S. Copyright Office.

Caption continues: As it appeared after the destructive conflagration of the 4th of May 1850. Sketched on the spot for the Publishers Thompson & Hitchcock agents for Gregory's California Express 149 Pearl Street New York.
Inscribed in ink on bottom: 276. Deposited in the Clerk's Office So. Dist. N.Y. July 2, 1850. Recd. at D of S Oct 17 '50.
Entered according to act of Congress AD 1850 by Thompson & Hitchcock in the clerks office of the District court of the South. district of N.Y.
Stamped on lower left corner: Map Division Library of Congress Mar 22 1924.