Caption

View of Yerba Buena, San Francisco, 1846, depicts the moment when Captain Montgomery from the Portsmouth sloop raised the American flag in the Plaza and took possession of the region for the United States. The scene shows the small settlement on the shores of the bay with mountains in the background and ships anchored, authentic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th-century original, exact date of depiction unknown, historical

Date

Aug 09, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK26I30_273

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

55.3Mb (18.4Mb) / 18.8in x 11.4in / 5628 x 3432 (300dpi)

Keywords

symbol no people black little stripe old-fashioned obsolete date settlement square history drawing national colors American flag national flag nationality boat ship accurate bay star nature North America USA America patriotic patriotism classic ownership illustration depiction striped village anchor American digital antiquity historic flag shore mountainous landscape state coast view restored contemporary nostalgia drawn retro US-American authentic woodcut mountain restoration San Francisco former nostalgic captain vintage instant sketch townscape printing method Alabama Montgomery Portsmouth replication 19th century Plaza National symbol Historic illustration Wood engraving deserted tiny oldfashioned outdated place national colours Stars and Stripes ensign vessel precise cove open air United States of America classical possession representation town ancient times historical banner watershore scenery overlook Retro style real xylograph reconstruction moment local view nineteenth century Placa Historical illustration nobody small old fashioned antiquated United States flag State flag exact United States belongings waterfront countryside shoreline facing realistic woodprint view of the village reproduction 1900s outmoded out of date US flag US-America spot landscape photo view into genuine town view replica Star-Spangled Banner view over Overview of the town copy usa flag Overlook overview symbols stripes dates settlements squares drawings American flags national flags nationalities boats ships bays stars ownerships illustrations depictions anchoring digitally Altertum flags landscapes states coasts view of View of woodcuts mountains restorations formerly captains instants townscapes printing methods 19th-century Historic illustrations places classically historically sceneries shores outlook reconstructions Historical illustrations State flags replicas Overlooking overviews no one on black Platz baie cala depicting anchors anchored historical image history image history images bank banks costal Mount Mt. Mont Mt restoration work vintage-styled representing water shore landscape photograph landscape shot