Map of the city of San Francisco

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Map of the city of San Francisco

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Title:
Map of the city of San Francisco
Description:
Very rapid changes took place during the 1840s and 1850s in the peninsula city known first as Yerba Buena and later renamed San Francisco in 1847. After the gold rush of 1848 to 1849 the city expanded rapidly. California became a state in 1850 and San Francisco its most important city. Produced just five years after the gold rush this map shows the grid pattern of the streets and lot numbers for property. On three sides are line drawings of the facades of buildings housing a variety of businesses that likely sponsored the production of this map. These include banks, hotels, merchants, including “Duncan’s” imported Chinese goods, Nicaragua Steamship Co and a book bindery and seller. There are also renderings of City Hall and the telegraph and lighthouses, with a key to marine signals. A small key also lists, theaters, hospitals, churches and a jail.
Cartographer:
Bridgens, R. P.
Lithographer:
Friend & Aub
Name on Item:
compiled from records & surveys by R.P. Bridgens, C.E.
Date:
1854
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
MacLean Collection Map Library
Collection (local):
MacLean Collection Map Library
Subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)--Maps
Places:
California > San Francisco
Extent:
1 map : color ; 142 cm x 184 cm
Terms of Use:
Public Domain/No known restrictions on use. Contact host institution to download image.
Contact host institution for more information.
Publisher:
Philadelphia : M. Bixby
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:4,800]
Language:
English
Notes:
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Oriented with north toward lower right.
Shows wards, block and lot numbers, reservoirs, public buildings, Market street railroad project, charter lines of 1850 and 1851, etc.
Includes views of commercial buildings, chart showing "Sweeny & Baugh's marine telegraph signals," and index of public buildings and churches.
Distances from Portsmouth Square shown by concentric circles
"Respectfully dedicated to the citizens by the publisher M. Bixby.
Lithograph.
Identifier:
MacLeanColl_26810_SanFrancisco
Call #:
26810