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Title: San Francisco Past and Present - San Francisco As It Was, 1849 / San Francisco As It Is, 1854
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:Barber & Baker
Date Published: 1854
Description:

Two wood-engraved illustrations from drawings by G.H. Baker, on pp. 1 &; 4 of a 4-page letter sheet, with a small map on p.1. The images measure approx. 12.5x20.5 cm. (4¾x8") and 16x26.5 cm. (6¼x10½ "), respectively; the map is 10.5x5.5 cm. (4x2¼"). On double sheet of blue wove paper 23.3x28.8 cm. (9x11¼")/

The view on p.1 is of Yerba Buena harbor, with town at left, from the south. Heavy vegetation, foreground; hills beyond, a few scattered buildings near harbor. On p.4 is the bustling city of San Francisco, just five years after the start of the Gold Rush, already a metropolis to be reckoned with. On p.3 are three stanzas of a poem in a period hand. Baird 251.

Expertly silked on the inner pages, with other neat repairs and restoration; very good or better.