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English: Portsmouth Square near harbor in 1851 — San Francisco during the Gold Rush.
  • Early daguerrotype.
  • Signs in image include: California Restaurant, Book and Job Printing, Louisiana, Sociedad, Drugs & Medicines Wholesale & Retail, Henry Johnson & Co, Alta California, Bella Union, A. Holmes.
Français : Place de Portsmouth, Barbary Coast, San Francisco, Californie.
  • Daguerrotype ancien.
  • Les panneaux dans l'image incluent: California Restaurant, Book and Job Printing (imprimeur de livres et de cartes), Louisiana, Sociedad, Drugs & Medicines Wholesale & Retail (Médicaments, gros, détail) , Henry Johnson & Co, Alta California, Bella & Union, A. Holmes.
Date before June 22, 1851
Source Library of Congress CALL NUMBER: DAG no. 1331
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current20:12, 13 January 2008Thumbnail for version as of 20:12, 13 January 20083,252 × 1,581 (3.8 MB)Durova (talk | contribs)One degree clockwise rotation from previous version. {{Information |Description= |Source= |Date= |Author= |Permission= |other_versions= }}
02:34, 12 January 2008Thumbnail for version as of 02:34, 12 January 20083,292 × 1,655 (4.68 MB)Durova (talk | contribs)Slightly more work since last upload.
01:53, 12 January 2008Thumbnail for version as of 01:53, 12 January 20083,292 × 1,655 (5.12 MB)Durova (talk | contribs)Retouched version of Image:SanFrancisco1851. Artifacts removed, histogram adjusted, sky denoised. == Summary == {{Information |Description=Portsmouth Square, San Francisco, California. Early daguerrotype. Signs in image include: California Restaur

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