Map of San Francisco. / Britton & Rey / 1852

Map of San Francisco. Britton & Rey, 1852

Map of San Francisco. / Britton & Rey / 1852

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Full Title: Map of San Francisco, Compiled from latest Surveys & containing all late extensions & Division of Wards. Published By Britton & Rey, San Francisco Cal.

Author: Britton & Rey

Date: 1852

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Author: Britton & Rey

Date: 1852

Short Title: Map of San Francisco.

Publisher: San Francisco: Britton & Rey

Type: Separate Map

Object Height cm: 22

Object Width cm: 27

Scale 1: 18,100

Note: Letter sheet map showing the "Lately planket (sic) Streets" and the original shoreline. Streeter estimates the date by comparison with the Butler and Zakreski maps, which are earlier and later, respectively. With a vignette of an untitled building in the lower right corner. This copy was owned by the noted San Francisco collector Dr. Alexander Thomas Leonard, with his signature and notes on the verso of the board the map is mounted on. According to Sally Woodbridge the firm of of Page, Bacon & Co., which owned the building in the lower right corner was at the top of the banking heap in 1852; it was est. in 1849 as a branch of a St. Louis bank. In the financial panic of 1855 it suffered a disastrous run and was ruined along with many other banks.

Reference: Streeter 3885; Peters, California on Stone, p 83.

State / Province: California

City: San Francisco (Calif.)

Full Title: Map of San Francisco, Compiled from latest Surveys & containing all late extensions & Division of Wards. Published By Britton & Rey, San Francisco Cal.

List No: 4333.000

Series No: 1

Published In: Map of San Francisco, Compiled from latest Surveys & containing all late extensions & Division of Wards. Published By Britton & Rey, San Francisco Cal.

Publication Author: Britton & Rey

Publication Date: 1852

Publication Reference: Streeter 3885; Peters, California on Stone, p 83.

Publication Note: See note field above.

Publication List No: 4333.000

Publication Type: Separate Map

Publication Maps: 1

Publication Height cm: 22

Publication Width cm: 27

Image No: 4333000

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