Visual Culture in 19th Century San Francisco
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Visual Culture in 19th Century San Francisco

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A Road Scene in California

Drawn by C[harles Christian] Nahl. Engraved by Anthony & Baker. Print on paper: engraving. 12.2 x 20.2 cm., image on sheet 26.8 x 41.5 cm. Chinese in California Collection, BANC.PIC 1963.002:0118—B

Publisher: Wide West Office

Date: c. 1856

Location: San Francisco

Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

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Consuming Identities: Visual Culture in 19th Century San Francisco traces the growth of the commodified image industry in San Francisco during the nineteenth century, incorporating mass-reproduced visual representations of people into a broader history and explaining the cultural roots of modern celebrity.

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