National Museum of American History
San Francisco Harbor from Rincon Hill [one of five plates that form a panorama]
Shew, William · circa 1852
Panorama, one of five daguerreotypes by William Shew of San Francisco harbor from Rincon Point, shows ships in harbor, abandoned by sailors for the gold rush, and in various stages of decay. Daguerreotypes once hung in "the rooms of the Amateur Photographic Association of San Francisco." See WK Burton, "Notes on Photography at San Francisco," British Journal of Photography, vol. 34 (July 22, 1887), p. 455.
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