Item #51-3157 San Francisco in July 1849. From Present Site of S.F. Stock Exchange. (Original Printing.). George Henry Burgess.

San Francisco in July 1849. From Present Site of S.F. Stock Exchange. (Original Printing.)

San Francisco: H.S. Crocker Company, 1894. Chromolithograph bird's-eye view. 38 x 89.6 cm (15 x 35¼")., Mounted as a scroll with wooden rollers.

Scarce chromolithographed panoramic bird's-eye view of San Francisco at the height of the Gold Rush, based upon a painting by George H. Burgess, from the foot of Montgomery Street looking north to Telegraph Hill. Shows buildings and warehouses in center; ships in harbor at right; fenced residences at left; men in campsite with tents and cook fires in foreground. The view shows what is now San Francisco's Financial District.
The margins of the present example are trimmed to the edge of the image, so the title and publication information are not present.

Burger & Evans, no. 10. Burger & Evans and Reps list three states, which cannot be determined here because the printed text has been removed. Item #51-3157

Price: $1,000.00

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