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"San Francisco", Meyer, Hermann J.

Subject: San Francisco, California

Period: 1853 (published)

Publication: Meyer's Universum

Color: Black & White

Size:

6.3 x 4.3 inches
16 x 10.9 cm

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Beautifully and finely engraved view of the city as seen from a hill with the ship-filled bay in the middlegound and scores of individual buildings and homes in the foreground. The large number of ships, tightly packed together, suggests the arrival of thousands of gold rush miners.

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Condition: A+

Fine.

Estimate: $110 - $140

Sold for: $110

Closed on 3/17/2010

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"San Francisco", Meyer, Hermann J.

Subject: San Francisco, California

Period: 1853 (published)

Publication: Meyer's Universum

Color: Black & White

Size:

6.3 x 4.3 inches
16 x 10.9 cm

Beautifully and finely engraved view of the city as seen from a hill with the ship-filled bay in the middlegound and scores of individual buildings and homes in the foreground. The large number of ships, tightly packed together, suggests the arrival of thousands of gold rush miners.

References:

Condition: A+

Fine.

Estimate: $110 - $140

Sold for: $110

Closed on 3/17/2010

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"San Francisco", Meyer, Hermann J.

Subject: San Francisco, California

Period: 1853 (published)

Publication: Meyer's Universum

Color: Black & White

Size:

6.3 x 4.3 inches16 x 10.9 cm

Beautifully and finely engraved view of the city as seen from a hill with the ship-filled bay in the middlegound and scores of individual buildings and homes in the foreground. The large number of ships, tightly packed together, suggests the arrival of thousands of gold rush miners.

References:

Condition: A+

Fine.

Estimate: $110 - $140

Sold for: $110

Closed on 3/17/2010

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6.3 x 4.3 inches
16 x 10.9 cm