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c. 1850 German View 'Sacramento in Californien: Des Auswanderers Hoffnung':
$1250.00
41 x 29 cm (16 x 11.5 in)
This is a rare c. 1850 German lithograph view of Sacramento, California depicting the city from the waterfront on the Sacramento River towards the city down J Street. Numerous buildings are illustrated along the waterfront and along J Street, as well as workers and their horses. Buildings materials are stacked along the shoreline at the lower right. Various kinds of ships are moored along the riverfront, including sailing ships and a sidewheel steamship. Rowboats are used to ferry people and goods from the ships to the shore. Two American flags are flying from two of the ships. A Chilean flag flies from the mast of one of the other ships moored along the shoreline.
This view was printed by J. Hesse around 1850 and published by the periodicalVerlags Magazin.
