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San Francisco album : photographs of the most beautiful views and public buildings of San Francisco

by George Robinson Fardon, Peter E. Palmquist

This historic album presents some of the earliest paper photographs of San Francisco, documenting the city's rapid development and prosperity during the 1850s gold rush. It stands as the first published photographic record of an American city.

Accession 31922 ISBN 0811826309 Publisher Chronicle
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