San Francisco's Golden Era

San Francisco's Golden Era PDF Author: Lucius Beebe
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Category : Railroads, Cable
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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Book Description
This book by Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg focuses on the beginning's of San Francisco (Yerba Buena) and follows the city's history up to the time just before the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. Of the 325 illustrations about half are early engravings and the rest are well selected photographs. There are many rare photographs in this volume. The authors used images from the California Historical Society, Bancroft Library, Society of California Pioneers, Wells Fargo and from the personal collections of several early collectors including Roy D. Graves, Grahame Hardy and William Bronson. The book is arranged by sections including The Comstock, The Age of Leisurely Transport, The Cable Cars, Wells Fargo & Co, Lucky Baldwin, Newspapers, Fire Departments, Resorts, The Palace Hotel, Public and Private Luxury and Chinatown.