Kearny Street, San Francisco

Artist George R. Fardon (American, born England, 1807 - 1886)

Dateca. 1855-1856

MediumSalt print

DimensionsImage: 6 1/4 x 8 inches (15.88 x 20.32 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.252

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DescriptionImage of a street lined with shops and signage; a "Hardware" sign is in the lower left foreground. Houses can be seen at the far end of the street on the hilltop.Gallery Label

Gallery Label

This image is from a series of views taken in 1854-1856 and published in the San Francisco Album: Photographs of the Most Beautiful Views and Public Buildings of San Francisco (1856), the first photographic survey of an American city. This is Kearny Street, in the heart of San Francisco. The city's dynamic economy is conveyed by the variety of businesses and signs visible here. One of these signs marks the daguerreotype studio of James M. Ford, which opened in September 1854.

Published References

Peter Palmquist, "George Robinson Fardon, Photographer," San Francisco Album: Photographs of the Most Beautiful Views and Public Buildings, George Robinson Fardon (San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery, 1999): 11-32.

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