San Francisco Harbor from Rincon Hill [one of five plates that form a panorama]
date: label: date made
content: circa 1852
name: label: maker
content: Shew, William
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Panorama, one of five daguerreotypes by William Shew of San Francisco harbor from Rincon Point, shows ships in harbor, abandoned by sailors for the gold rush, and in various stages of decay. Daguerreotypes once hung in "the rooms of the Amateur Photographic Association of San Francisco." See WK Burton, "Notes on Photography at San Francisco," British Journal of Photography, vol. 34 (July 22, 1887), p. 455.
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.000159.2
label: catalog number
content: PG.000159
label: accession number
content: 22955