Post office, San Francisco, California.
Summary
Public domain photograph of 19th century California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
I. N. Phelps Stokes Collection of American Historical Prints.
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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Date
1850
Contributors
W. Endicott & Co., Printer
Cox, H. F., Artist
Source
New York Public Library
Copyright info
Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")