Historic Maps » Map of San Francisco. by Britton & Rey from 1852

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Author: Britton & Rey

Date: 1852

Short Title: Map of San Francisco.

Publisher: San Francisco: Britton & Rey

Type: Separate Map

Obj Height cm: 22

Obj Width cm: 27

Scale 1: 18,100

Note: "Letter sheet map showing the ""Lately planket (sic) Streets"" and the original shoreline. Streeter estimates the date by comparison with the Butler and Zakreski maps, which are earlier and later, respectively. With a vignette of an untitled building in the lower right corner. This copy was owned by the noted San Francisco collector Dr. Alexander Thomas Leonard, with his signature and notes on the verso of the board the map is mounted on. According to Sally Woodbridge the firm of of Page, Bacon & Co., which owned the building in the lower right corner was at the top of the banking heap in 1852; it was est. in 1849 as a branch of a St. Louis bank. In the financial panic of 1855 it suffered a disastrous run and was ruined along with many other banks."

Reference: Streeter 3885; Peters, California on Stone, p 83.

State/Province: California

City: San Francisco (Calif.)

Full Title: Map of San Francisco, Compiled from latest Surveys & containing all late extensions & Division of Wards. Published By Britton & Rey, San Francisco Cal.

List No: 4333.000

Series No: 1

Publication Author: Britton & Rey

Pub Date: 1852

Pub Title: Map of San Francisco, Compiled from latest Surveys & containing all late extensions & Division of Wards. Published By Britton & Rey, San Francisco Cal.

Pub Reference: Streeter 3885; Peters, California on Stone, p 83.

Pub Note: See note field above.

Pub List No: 4333.000

Pub Type: Separate Map

Pub Maps: 1

Pub Height cm: 22

Pub Width cm: 27

Image No: 4333000

Institution: Rumsey Collection

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