San Francisco ca. 1850 Unknown Until recently, this daguerreotype was attributed to Alfred Sands Southworth (1811-1894), a partner in the Boston-based photography firm Southworth and Hawes, who headed west in 1849 with dreams of finding his fortune in gold. Recent scholarship, however, suggests that Southworth left his camera behind when he set out from Boston and that he purchased this photograph in San Francisco in 1849 or 1850. A number of daguerreotypists in the San Francisco area in the early 1850s made photographic views to compete with the lithographic "bird's-eye" views of the booming gold-rush city.. San Francisco 268342

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San Francisco ca. 1850 Unknown Until recently, this daguerreotype was attributed to Alfred Sands Southworth (1811-1894), a partner in the Boston-based photography firm Southworth and Hawes, who headed west in 1849 with dreams of finding his fortune in gold. Recent scholarship, however, suggests that Southworth left his camera behind when he set out from Boston and that he purchased this photograph in San Francisco in 1849 or 1850. A number of daguerreotypists in the San Francisco area in the early 1850s made photographic views to compete with the lithographic "bird's-eye" views of the booming gold-rush city.. San Francisco 268342

SuperStock offers millions of photos, videos, and stock assets to creatives around the world. This image of San Francisco ca. 1850 Unknown Until recently, this daguerreotype was attributed to Alfred Sands Southworth (1811-1894), a partner in the Boston-based photography firm Southworth and Hawes, who headed west in 1849 with dreams of finding his fortune in gold. Recent scholarship, however, suggests that Southworth left his camera behind when he set out from Boston and that he purchased this photograph in San Francisco in 1849 or 1850. A number of daguerreotypists in the San Francisco area in the early 1850s made photographic views to compete with the lithographic "bird's-eye" views of the booming gold-rush city.. San Francisco 268342 by Piemags/PL Photography Limited is available for licensing today.

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