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Fardon's (George Robinson) Views in California photograph album
PC-RM-Fardon_001
Contains the earliest published photographic record of an American city. Documents the development of downtown San Francisco and includes images of the First Methodist Church, the Custom House, Grace Church, the Merchants' Exchange, the Old American Theater, and the Knickerbocker, Sansome, Pacific, Empire, and Columbian firehouses.
Plate 1: Monumental Engine house, on the Plaza Plate 2: First Methodist Church, Powell between Washington and Jackson Plate 3: Sansome Engine, Gold & Sansome Streets Plate 4: Grace Church, Powell, between Jackson & Pacific Plate 5: The Custom House Plate 6: The Cathedral (St. Mary’s Church) Plate 7: Pacific No. 8, Front between Jackson & Pacific Plate 8: Merchant’s Exchange, Battery & Washington Plate 9: Empire No. 1, Sacramento between Kearny & Dupont Plate 10: Knickerbocker Engine, North Side Sacramento near Sansome Plate 11: Columbian Engine, Bush above Kearny Plate 12: Old American Theater, Sansome & Halleck Streets
Fardon, George Robinson, 1806–1886
1856
Also known as: San Francisco album. Missing plate: North and Northeast from First and Harrison Streets
Photograph albums Salted paper prints
1 album (12 salted paper prints) : 12 salted paper prints, black and white ; pages 27 x 22.5 cm, album cover 27.5 x 23 cm
[Identification of item, date] Fardon's (George Robinson) Views in California photograph album, PC RM Fardon; California Historical Society
No Known Copyright
Materials in this collection, which were created in 1856, are in the public domain in the United States. Permission to publish or reproduce is not required.
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PC-RM-Fardon