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

Creator Notes

Original photography by William Henry Jackson; published by Detroit Photographic Co., Detroit, Michigan.

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
Cable Car on California Street Hill, San Francisco, 1901