Picture No | 10219178 |
Date | 1850 |
Description | San Francisco, California, 1850 |
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San Francisco, viewed from the South-West. Founded as a gold rush town, San Francisco had a population of only 10-15,000 people at this time. Wooden houses and tents are shown, as is Wills Store in the centre of the sketch and a large fleet of ships in the background.
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Source | Illustrated London News. 1850. p 5. By Alexander Millie. |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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