Cable Car on California Street Hill, San Francisco, 1901
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Artifact Overview
For nearly thirty years, 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, including this image of a cable car climbing a hill in a residential San Francisco, California, neighborhood. A few pedestrians confront the slope on foot.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1901
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Original photography by William Henry Jackson; published by Detroit Photographic Co., Detroit, Michigan.
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.DPC.014033
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Toning (Photography)
Color
Brown
Dimensions
Height: 7 in
Width: 9.25 in
Inscriptions
On piece (location not noted): CALIFORNIA STREET HILL, SAN FRANCISCO
On verso in grease pencil: 0140330 duplicate
On verso in pencil: 385 WHJ 1901
On verso in pencil in a different hand: Copy Neg Made 12-83
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