Title

A market place in San Francisco, California, USA, mid 19th century (c1880). Artist: Unknown

Caption

A market place in San Francisco, California, USA, mid 19th century (c1880). The discovery of gold in 1848 and the ensuing California gold rush caused San Francisco to grow rapidly. People from all over the world flooded to the city in search of riches. A print from Cassell's History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume III, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1880

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C49_303

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (8,0Mb) / 11,3in x 17,2in / 3387 x 5157 (300dpi)

Keywords

California road building buildings street country market San Francisco China Chinese trade lane avenue greed Chinatown californian location century concept B&W MONOCHROME United States of America United States 19th century black & white black and white B W gold rush nineteenth century American America USA The Print Collector TGN engraving Yerba Buena Unknown Edmund Edmund Ollier Ollier Edmund Ollier engraving