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Terrific, early views of San Francisco and Sacramento...



Item # 705589

November 29, 1851

SATURDAY EVENING POST, Philadelphia, Nov. 29, 1851  The front page has a great & very early: "View Of San Francisco From the Foot of Telegraph Hill" with a related article on the city which: "...has now a population of about 40,000, with over 100 miles of streets laid out...".
Additionally the back page has a great: "View Of Sacramento City, From the River" with descriptive text.
Four pages, a very large issue measuring 24 by 31 issues, some wear at folds a a few small, discrete archival mends, otherwise good. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.

Item from our most recent catalog - #359, released for October, 2025

Category: Pre-Civil War