Object number:
2000.1.1133
Object name:
photograph
Date made:
1875-1880
Material / Technique:
gelatin silver
Dimensions:
H: 10 in, W: 8 in
Credit line:
The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Content description:
A panoramic drawing, bordered by scroll work, of Oakland with San Francisco Bay on the horizon. At the bottom, outside the border, there is a label: The "Mirror's Panorama of Oakland". The drawing is made to appear that it is done from a slight elevation. From the bottom to top there are the following: Victorian one- and two-story Victorian houses, a street with horses and carriages on it, a livery stable, church steeple, and San Francisco Bay on the horizon. Although there is no date given, it strongly resembles the style and the time given on 2000.1.1132
Concepts:
carriage; horse; Victorian; livery stable; drawing
Places:
San Francisco Bay; Old City neighborhood
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