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

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continuation of a small collection of stereographs of early San Francisco

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''' 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

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

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

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

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

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After the 1906 earthquake, Market Street N. E. past the 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

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

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

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At the Cliff House (Photographed by Taber)

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

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