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View Northwest from Telegraph Hill circa 1885

View northwest from Layman's Castle northwest toward Selby Smelting Plant, Andrew Hallidie's California Wire Works factory (to left of center, with large ship being built to its north). Remains of Meiggs' Wharf (with Abe Warner's Cobweb Palace) and Crystal Swimming Baths at far left center, future site of Fisherman's Wharf. Lumber yards, grain sheds built on Sea Wall, Alcatraz Island and Marin Headlands.
Photographer Unknown (Marilyn Blaisdell Collection / Courtesy of a Private Collector)

View Northwest from Telegraph Hill View Northwest from Telegraph Hill

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