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"View of San Francisco 1850, taken from a High Point on the South Side." image credit: New York Public Library. 157 "Entrance to the Straits of Karquinez (sic)" (1850)
Daguerrotype view of San Francisco harbor in 1850 or 1851. The San Francisco Fire of 1851 (May 3–4, 1851) was a catastrophic conflagration that destroyed as much as three-quarters of San Francisco, California.
Original - San Francisco harbor in 1850 or 1851, with Alcatraz Island in the background. Reason A rare daguerrotype showing San Francisco's economic activity during the California gold rush. Merchant ships crowd the harbor and freshly constructed clapboard buildings fill the foreground.
San Francisco was the county seat of San Francisco County, one of state's 18 original counties since California's statehood in 1850. Until 1856, the city limits extended west to Divisadero Street and Castro Street, and south to 20th Street.
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1850 April 15: City of San Francisco incorporated. [6] [2] May 1: John W. Geary becomes mayor. October 29: San Francisco becomes part of the new U.S. State of California. Chamber of Commerce [7] Society of California Pioneers, [8] and Jenny Lind Theatre [3] established. Population: 34,000. [2] 1851 May 3–4: Fire. [9] San Francisco Committee ...
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