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This scarce French engraving by Adolphe Rouargue from the mid to late 1850s presents a sweeping panorama of San Francisco during the city's explosive growth in the Gold Rush era. The perspective is from the elevated area around Sacramento and Taylor Streets, providing a view over the bustling city towards the bay.
Dominating the foreground is Nob Hill, sloping down towards a densely packed grid of buildings, homes, and churches that stretch to the waterfront. Telegraph Hill is visible to the left, topped by the semaphore station that was critical for signaling ship arrivals. In the distance, the still-undeveloped Yerba Buena Island sits central in the bay, surrounded by a thick forest of masts from hundreds of ships. These vessels were often abandoned by their crews who sought fortunes inland, leaving them to be repurposed or left derelict, a testament to the feverish intensity of the Gold Rush era.
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