Title

Street scene in San Francisco, USA, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers.

Caption

Street scene in San Francisco, USA, 1898. Boys in knickerbockers wave US flags - one holds a rifle and another a sword. The Call Building in the background belonged to 'The San Francisco Call' newspaper and had just been completed. It was badly damaged in the earthquake and subsequent fire of 1906. Soldiers stand on the right. 'Strasse in San Francisko'. From "Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers. [Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, 1898]

Credit line

Photo12/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19G31_451

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Property release

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License type

Rights managed

Available size

62,8Mb (3,4Mb) / 13,4in x 18,3in / 4005 x 5478 (300dpi)

Keywords

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