Picturesque San Diego
Subtitle: with historical and descriptive notes
By: By Douglas Gunn ...
Publisher: Knight & Leonard Co.
Published: 1887
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 98
Subjects: San Diego (Calif.) -- Pictorial works.
Genres: Pictorial works.
Description: "72 Collotype illustrations by the American Photogravure Co. ...; H. Friend ... took the photographs. This Chicago firm produced ... [some] interesting books [and lends proof] that many printers throughout the United States were becoming involved in photomechanical printing."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 91.
Table of contents: title: Introductory.; title: Latest railroad extentions.; title: City and port of San diego.; title: Street railways.; title: Railroad connections with the interior.; title: Commercial importance of San Diego.; title: Its recognition as a Pacific railway terminus.; title: Opinion of Gen. W.J. Palmer in his report of transcontinental railroad surveys.; title: Recent railroad development.; title: General information.; title: The railroad routes from the east.; title: Plate 37. "The big curve," California Southern railroad.