Eadweard Muybridge's Panorama of San Francisco from California St. Hill, 1878

360-degree panorama of San Francisco in 13 panels photographed from the roof of the Mark Hopkins residence on Nob Hill by Eadweard Muybridge in 1878. The views in this panorama are from the same perspective as those in a smaller-sized 11-panel panorama issued in 1877, but the appearance of some of the buildings confirms that they were photographed the following year. Muybridge's panorama was purchased for the New-York Historical Society by Daniel Parish in 1897. In the 1897 letter to the Librarian of the New-York Historical Society included in this digital collection, Muybridge says "permit me to suggest that you have the names of the principal buildings and places copied from those I wrote on the copy at the Astor Library [now part of the New York Public Library]". The title of each photograph is based on Muybridge's annotations on the New York Public Library's copy.