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Robert H. Vance — Untitled (Portsmouth Square, San Francisco)

Robert H. Vance

Untitled (Portsmouth Square, San Francisco)

1853

Documentary photography intersects with urban development as this early daguerreotype preserves a crucial moment in San Francisco's rapid 19th-century transformation.

Medium
Daguerreotype

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Robert H. Vance, Untitled (Portsmouth Square, San Francisco), 1853

Documentary photography intersects with urban development as this early daguerreotype preserves a crucial moment in San Francisco's rapid 19th-century transformation.

Medium
Daguerreotype
Year
1853
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Monochrome, Photography, Documentary, 19th Century, American, Landscape, Historical, Urban, Portrait, Daguerreotype

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art