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Stereographs continued

2011-06-23T21:50:09Z

Photolizard: added more internal links

''' Historical Essay '''

''by Liz Wood and Caleb Swann''

A stereograph is made up of two images, taken from slightly different angles, to mimic the distance and difference between the views of the human eye. When viewed through a stereoscope, or layered like they are here, the images combine to create a three dimensional view.

Stereography has been around almost as long as photography itself, however it reached perfection in the early 1850's with the development of the commonly known stereoscope and the beginning of international trading of stereo cards. Its greatest popularity lasted from that time until the early 1900's. Stereocards were wildly popular because of their appeal to the "armchair traveler". They were easily collectible and they gave people a realistic view of places they could not visit. By the late 1800's stereography was a profession and many notable photographers such as Carleton Watkins and Edward Muybridge dabbled in stereography, though not necessarily commercially. There were stereographers who focused their work on one specific place, while others traveled nonstop to produce a large variety of views and places. Still others focused on tourists and photographed solely at resorts, and there were some who worked around events and disasters, like some of the photographs here from the 1906 earthquake.

The photographs here are from the 1860's to the early 1900's and show a variety of scenes around San Francisco. The subjects range from the city to its inhabitants to the destruction and reconstruction after the earthquake. They are from a few different photographers, Edward Muybridge and Carleton Watkins included, and a few stereo card companies like Continent Stereoscopic Co. and Thomas Houseworth & Co.. The originals, along with many others of San Francisco and California can be found at [http://oac.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf8j49p5w3;developer=local;style=oac4;doc.view=items The Online Archive of California]

All Images Courtesy of The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley

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Busy Market Street (Photographed by Underwood & Underwood) c.1901

[[File:2Chinese ani.gif]]

Chinese pedestrians, probably on Kearny Street (Photographed by A. J. McDonald)

[[File:2stockton-ani.gif]]

Stockton St. looking North from Clay (Photographed by Thomas Houseworth & Co)

[[File:2bonanzabank-ani.gif]]

The Bonanza Bank, Montgomery Street (Photographed by J. J. Reilly)

[[File:2unionsquare ani.gif]]

Horrors of earthquake and fire, near Union Square E. to [[CALL BUILDING 1906: BURNED BUT STANDING|Call Building]] (Photographed by Underwood & Underwood)

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After the 1906 earthquake, Market Street N. E. past the [[CALL BUILDING 1906: BURNED BUT STANDING|Call Building]] (Photographed by Underwood & Underwood)

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Pulling down unsafe walls in the great fire-swept business district (Photographed by Underwood & Underwood) c. 1906

[[File:2BroadwayWharf-ani.gif]]

The City Front, Broadway Wharf (Photographed by Thomas Houseworth & Co.)

[[File:2Cliffhouse ani.gif]]

[[C L I F F H O U S E|Cliff House]] and Seal Rocks (Photographed by Keystone View Company)

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At the [[C L I F F H O U S E|Cliff House]] (Photographed by Taber)

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Seal Rocks, [[C L I F F H O U S E|Cliff House]] (Photographed by L. Dowe)

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Stereographs

2011-06-23T21:36:44Z

Photolizard: added a link between the two pages

''' Historical Essay '''

''by Liz Wood and Caleb Swann''

A stereograph is made up of two images, taken from slightly different angles, to mimic the distance and difference between the views of the human eye. When viewed through a stereoscope, or layered like they are here, the images combine to create a three dimensional view.

Stereography has been around almost as long as photography itself, however it reached perfection in the early 1850's with the development of the commonly known stereoscope and the beginning of international trading of stereo cards. Its greatest popularity lasted from that time until the early 1900's. Stereocards were wildly popular because of their appeal to the "armchair traveler". They were easily collectible and they gave people a realistic view of places they could not visit. By the late 1800's stereography was a profession and many notable photographers such as Carleton Watkins and Edward Muybridge dabbled in stereography, though not necessarily commercially. There were stereographers who focused their work on one specific place, while others traveled nonstop to produce a large variety of views and places. Still others focused on tourists and photographed solely at resorts, and there were some who worked around events and disasters, like some of the photographs here from the 1906 earthquake.

The photographs here are from the 1860's to the early 1900's and show a variety of scenes around San Francisco. The subjects range from the city to its inhabitants to the destruction and reconstruction after the earthquake. They are from a few different photographers, Edward Muybridge and Carleton Watkins included, and a few stereo card companies like Continent Stereoscopic Co. and Thomas Houseworth & Co.. The originals, along with many others of San Francisco and California can be found at [http://oac.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf8j49p5w3;developer=local;style=oac4;doc.view=items The Online Archive of California]

All Images Courtesy of The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley

[[File:1blackpoint-ani.gif]]

[[Ghirardelli Square|Pioneer Woolen Mills]], [[Jessie Benton Fremont at Blackpoint|Black Point]] (Photographed by Lawrence & Houseworth)

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Golden Gate from Telegraph Hill (Photographed by J. J. Reilly)

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Kearny Street terminus California Street Cable R. R. (Photographed by Carleton Watkins)

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Kearney Street from Third Street (Photographed by J. J. Reilly)

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San Francisco from the corner of Jones and California Streets, looking towards [[Mission Bay Tidelands Controversy, 1868-1879|Mission Bay]] (Photographed by Thomas Houseworth & Co.)

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Montgomery Street from Market Street (Photographed by Lawrence & Houseworth)

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Corner Montgomery and Sacramento Streets (Photographed by Carleton Watkins)

[[File:1powell-ani.gif]]

Looking up Powell Street from Market Street (Photographed by Continent Stereoscopic Co.)

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Slowly clearing away the wreckage of earthquake and fire, taken from the Kohl Building (Photographed by Underwood & Underwood)

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Telegraph Hill, from Russian Hill (Photographed by Edward J. Muybridge)

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Telegraph Hill, taken from the Nucleus Hotel, corner of Market and Third Streets (Photographed by Thomas Houseworth & Co.)

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Stereographs continued

2011-06-23T21:36:17Z

Photolizard: added a link between the two pages

''' Historical Essay '''

''by Liz Wood and Caleb Swann''

A stereograph is made up of two images, taken from slightly different angles, to mimic the distance and difference between the views of the human eye. When viewed through a stereoscope, or layered like they are here, the images combine to create a three dimensional view.

Stereography has been around almost as long as photography itself, however it reached perfection in the early 1850's with the development of the commonly known stereoscope and the beginning of international trading of stereo cards. Its greatest popularity lasted from that time until the early 1900's. Stereocards were wildly popular because of their appeal to the "armchair traveler". They were easily collectible and they gave people a realistic view of places they could not visit. By the late 1800's stereography was a profession and many notable photographers such as Carleton Watkins and Edward Muybridge dabbled in stereography, though not necessarily commercially. There were stereographers who focused their work on one specific place, while others traveled nonstop to produce a large variety of views and places. Still others focused on tourists and photographed solely at resorts, and there were some who worked around events and disasters, like some of the photographs here from the 1906 earthquake.

The photographs here are from the 1860's to the early 1900's and show a variety of scenes around San Francisco. The subjects range from the city to its inhabitants to the destruction and reconstruction after the earthquake. They are from a few different photographers, Edward Muybridge and Carleton Watkins included, and a few stereo card companies like Continent Stereoscopic Co. and Thomas Houseworth & Co.. The originals, along with many others of San Francisco and California can be found at [http://oac.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf8j49p5w3;developer=local;style=oac4;doc.view=items The Online Archive of California]

All Images Courtesy of The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley

[[File:2busymarket-ani.gif]]

Busy Market Street (Photographed by Underwood & Underwood) c.1901

[[File:2Chinese ani.gif]]

Chinese pedestrians, probably on Kearny Street (Photographed by A. J. McDonald)

[[File:2stockton-ani.gif]]

Stockton St. looking North from Clay (Photographed by Thomas Houseworth & Co)

[[File:2bonanzabank-ani.gif]]

The Bonanza Bank, Montgomery Street (Photographed by J. J. Reilly)

[[File:2unionsquare ani.gif]]

Horrors of earthquake and fire, near Union Square E. to Call Building (Photographed by Underwood & Underwood)

[[File:2Call-Building ani.gif]]

After the 1906 earthquake, Market Street N. E. past the Call Building (Photographed by Underwood & Underwood)

[[File:2businessdistrict ani.gif]]

Pulling down unsafe walls in the great fire-swept business district (Photographed by Underwood & Underwood) c. 1906

[[File:2BroadwayWharf-ani.gif]]

The City Front, Broadway Wharf (Photographed by Thomas Houseworth & Co.)

[[File:2Cliffhouse ani.gif]]

Cliff House and Seal Rocks (Photographed by Keystone View Company)

[[File:2cliffhouse2-ani.gif]]

At the Cliff House (Photographed by Taber)

[[File:2sealrocks ani.gif]]

Seal Rocks, Cliff House (Photographed by L. Dowe)

More images on the [[Stereographs|Previous Page...]]

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Stereographs continued

2011-06-23T21:31:52Z

Photolizard: continuation of a small collection of stereographs of early San Francisco

''' Historical Essay '''

''by Liz Wood and Caleb Swann''

A stereograph is made up of two images, taken from slightly different angles, to mimic the distance and difference between the views of the human eye. When viewed through a stereoscope, or layered like they are here, the images combine to create a three dimensional view.

Stereography has been around almost as long as photography itself, however it reached perfection in the early 1850's with the development of the commonly known stereoscope and the beginning of international trading of stereo cards. Its greatest popularity lasted from that time until the early 1900's. Stereocards were wildly popular because of their appeal to the "armchair traveler". They were easily collectible and they gave people a realistic view of places they could not visit. By the late 1800's stereography was a profession and many notable photographers such as Carleton Watkins and Edward Muybridge dabbled in stereography, though not necessarily commercially. There were stereographers who focused their work on one specific place, while others traveled nonstop to produce a large variety of views and places. Still others focused on tourists and photographed solely at resorts, and there were some who worked around events and disasters, like some of the photographs here from the 1906 earthquake.

The photographs here are from the 1860's to the early 1900's and show a variety of scenes around San Francisco. The subjects range from the city to its inhabitants to the destruction and reconstruction after the earthquake. They are from a few different photographers, Edward Muybridge and Carleton Watkins included, and a few stereo card companies like Continent Stereoscopic Co. and Thomas Houseworth & Co.. The originals, along with many others of San Francisco and California can be found at [http://oac.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf8j49p5w3;developer=local;style=oac4;doc.view=items The Online Archive of California]

All Images Courtesy of The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley

[[File:2busymarket-ani.gif]]

Busy Market Street (Photographed by Underwood & Underwood) c.1901

[[File:2Chinese ani.gif]]

Chinese pedestrians, probably on Kearny Street (Photographed by A. J. McDonald)

[[File:2stockton-ani.gif]]

Stockton St. looking North from Clay (Photographed by Thomas Houseworth & Co)

[[File:2bonanzabank-ani.gif]]

The Bonanza Bank, Montgomery Street (Photographed by J. J. Reilly)

[[File:2unionsquare ani.gif]]

Horrors of earthquake and fire, near Union Square E. to Call Building (Photographed by Underwood & Underwood)

[[File:2Call-Building ani.gif]]

After the 1906 earthquake, Market Street N. E. past the Call Building (Photographed by Underwood & Underwood)

[[File:2businessdistrict ani.gif]]

Pulling down unsafe walls in the great fire-swept business district (Photographed by Underwood & Underwood) c. 1906

[[File:2BroadwayWharf-ani.gif]]

The City Front, Broadway Wharf (Photographed by Thomas Houseworth & Co.)

[[File:2Cliffhouse ani.gif]]

Cliff House and Seal Rocks (Photographed by Keystone View Company)

[[File:2cliffhouse2-ani.gif]]

At the Cliff House (Photographed by Taber)

[[File:2sealrocks ani.gif]]

Seal Rocks, Cliff House (Photographed by L. Dowe)

More images on the previous page...

[[category:Early SF]] [[category:Earthquakes]] [[category:Buildings]] [[category:1860s]] [[category:1870s]] [[category:1880s]] [[category:1890s]] [[category:1900s]] [[category:1906]]

File:2bonanzabank-ani.gif

2011-06-23T21:25:31Z

Photolizard: The Bonanza Bank, Montgomery Street (Photographed by J. J. Reilly)

The Bonanza Bank, Montgomery Street (Photographed by J. J. Reilly)

File:2BroadwayWharf-ani.gif

2011-06-23T21:24:09Z

Photolizard: The City Front, Broadway Wharf (Photographed by Thomas Houseworth & Co.)

The City Front, Broadway Wharf (Photographed by Thomas Houseworth & Co.)

File:2businessdistrict ani.gif

2011-06-23T21:21:49Z

Photolizard: Pulling down unsafe walls in the great fire-swept business district (Photographed by Underwood & Underwood) c. 1906

Pulling down unsafe walls in the great fire-swept business district (Photographed by Underwood & Underwood) c. 1906

File:2busymarket-ani.gif

2011-06-23T21:19:33Z

Photolizard: Busy Market Street (Photographed by Underwood & Underwood) c.1901

Busy Market Street (Photographed by Underwood & Underwood) c.1901

File:2Call-Building ani.gif

2011-06-23T21:17:58Z

Photolizard: After the 1906 earthquake, Market Street N. E. past the Call Building (Photographed by Underwood & Underwood)

After the 1906 earthquake, Market Street N. E. past the Call Building (Photographed by Underwood & Underwood)

File:2Chinese ani.gif

2011-06-23T21:15:05Z

Photolizard: Chinese pedestrians, probably on Kearny Street (Photographed by A. J. McDonald)

Chinese pedestrians, probably on Kearny Street (Photographed by A. J. McDonald)

File:2Cliffhouse ani.gif

2011-06-23T21:11:58Z

Photolizard: Cliff House and Seal Rocks (Photographed by Keystone View Company)

Cliff House and Seal Rocks (Photographed by Keystone View Company)

File:2cliffhouse2-ani.gif

2011-06-23T21:09:27Z

Photolizard: At the Cliff House, San Francisco. -- Photographer: [Taber]

At the Cliff House, San Francisco. -- Photographer: [Taber]

File:2sealrocks ani.gif

2011-06-23T21:07:44Z

Photolizard: Seal Rocks, Cliff House, S. F. -- Photographer: L. Dowe

Seal Rocks, Cliff House, S. F. -- Photographer: L. Dowe

File:2stockton-ani.gif

2011-06-23T21:06:15Z

Photolizard: Stockton St. looking North from Clay. -- Photographer: Thomas Houseworth & Co

Stockton St. looking North from Clay. -- Photographer: Thomas Houseworth & Co

File:2unionsquare ani.gif

2011-06-22T20:15:00Z

Photolizard: Horrors of earthquake and fire, near Union Square E. to Call Building, San Francisco

Horrors of earthquake and fire, near Union Square E. to Call Building, San Francisco

Stereographs

2011-06-22T20:10:18Z

Photolizard: Small collection of stereographs of San Francisco from the late 1800's through the early 1900's

''' Primary Source '''

''by Liz Wood and Caleb Swann''

A stereograph is made up of two images, taken from slightly different angles, to mimic the distance and difference between the views of the human eye. When viewed through a stereoscope, or layered like they are here, the images combine to create a three dimensional view.

Stereography has been around almost as long as photography itself, however it reached perfection in the early 1850's with the development of the commonly known stereoscope and the beginning of international trading of stereo cards. Its greatest popularity lasted from that time until the early 1900's. Stereocards were wildly popular because of their appeal to the "armchair traveler". They were easily collectible and they gave people a realistic view of places they could not visit. By the late 1800's stereography was a profession and many notable photographers such as Carleton Watkins and Edward Muybridge dabbled in stereography, though not necessarily commercially. There were stereographers who focused their work on one specific place, while others traveled nonstop to produce a large variety of views and places. Still others focused on tourists and photographed solely at resorts, and there were some who worked around events and disasters, like some of the photographs here from the 1906 earthquake.

The photographs here are from the 1860's to the early 1900's and show a variety of scenes around San Francisco. The subjects range from the city to its inhabitants to the destruction and reconstruction after the earthquake. They are from a few different photographers, Edward Muybridge and Carleton Watkins included, and a few stereo card companies like Continent Stereoscopic Co. and Thomas Houseworth & Co.. The originals, along with many others of San Francisco and California can be found at [http://oac.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf8j49p5w3;developer=local;style=oac4;doc.view=items The Online Archive of California]

All Images Courtesy of The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley

[[File:1blackpoint-ani.gif]]

Pioneer Woolen Mills, Black Point (Photographed by Lawrence & Houseworth)

[[File:1goldengate ani.gif]]

Golden Gate from Telegraph Hill (Photographed by J. J. Reilly)

[[File:1kearny-ani.gif]]

Kearny Street terminus California Street Cable R. R. (Photographed by Carleton Watkins)

[[File:1kearnyFROMthird-ani.gif]]

Kearney Street from Third Street (Photographed by J. J. Reilly)

[[File:1missionbay-ani.gif]]

San Francisco from the corner of Jones and California Streets, looking towards Mission Bay (Photographed by Thomas Houseworth & Co.)

[[File:1MontgomeryfromMarket2-ani.gif]]

Montgomery Street from Market Street (Photographed by Lawrence & Houseworth)

[[File:1MontgomerySacramento-ani.gif]]

Corner Montgomery and Sacramento Streets (Photographed by Carleton Watkins)

[[File:1powell-ani.gif]]

Looking up Powell Street from Market Street (Photographed by Continent Stereoscopic Co.)

[[File:1rooftop-ani.gif]]

Slowly clearing away the wreckage of earthquake and fire, taken from the Kohl Building (Photographed by Underwood & Underwood)

[[File:1telegraphhill-ani.gif]]

Telegraph Hill, from Russian Hill (Photographed by Edward J. Muybridge)

[[File:1TelegraphHill2-ani.gif]]

Telegraph Hill, taken from the Nucleus Hotel, corner of Market and Third Streets (Photographed by Thomas Houseworth & Co.)

More continued on the next page...

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2011-06-22T19:45:34Z

Photolizard: Telegraph Hill From the Nucleus Hotel, corner Market and Third Streets, San Francisco

Telegraph Hill From the Nucleus Hotel, corner Market and Third Streets, San Francisco

File:1telegraphhill-ani.gif

2011-06-22T19:44:30Z

Photolizard: Telegraph Hill, from Russian Hill, San Francisco

Telegraph Hill, from Russian Hill, San Francisco

File:1rooftop-ani.gif

2011-06-22T19:41:49Z

Photolizard: Slowly clearing away the wreckage of earthquake and fire from Kohl Bldg. N., San Francisco

Slowly clearing away the wreckage of earthquake and fire from Kohl Bldg. N., San Francisco

File:1powell-ani.gif

2011-06-22T19:39:50Z

Photolizard: Looking up Powell Street from Market, San Francisco

Looking up Powell Street from Market, San Francisco

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2011-06-22T19:38:30Z

Photolizard: Corner Montgomery and Sacramento Sts., San Francisco.

Corner Montgomery and Sacramento Sts., San Francisco.

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2011-06-22T19:36:04Z

Photolizard: Montgomery St. from Market St., San Francisco

Montgomery St. from Market St., San Francisco

File:1missionbay-ani.gif

2011-06-22T19:34:17Z

Photolizard:

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2011-06-22T19:32:36Z

Photolizard: Kearny Street, from Third Street, San Francisco

Kearny Street, from Third Street, San Francisco

File:1kearny-ani.gif

2011-06-21T19:30:03Z

Photolizard: Kearny Street terminus California Street Cable R. R., San Francisco

Kearny Street terminus California Street Cable R. R., San Francisco

File:1goldengate ani.gif

2011-06-21T19:27:29Z

Photolizard: Golden Gate from Telegraph Hill, San Francisco

Golden Gate from Telegraph Hill, San Francisco

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2011-06-21T19:23:56Z

Photolizard: Pioneer Woolen Mills, Black Point, San Francisco

Pioneer Woolen Mills, Black Point, San Francisco