photograph albums

Album of 77 albumen photographic prints taken from 1861 to 1865 and printed later. Images include Navy ships and sailors during the blockade of southern ports; army camps; Edisto Island, South Carolina; plantations and African Americans; Fort Warren, Massachusetts; and Andersonville Prison, Georgia. Many of the Edisto Island photographs were taken by Henry P. Moore of New Hampshire. This album is volume 20 from a 31 volume set of photograph albums compiled by Arnold A. Rand and Albert Ordway.

Inscription reads: "Photographic print from Eastman House from view in their copy of this book of photographs of San Francisco".

Facsimile of photographic print from Eastman House copy.

Mission of "Los Dolores" (1856)

View from Kearny Street, Orphan Asylum in foreground (1856) [View from Kearney Street--in the foreground the Orphans' Asylum].

California Street (1856)

Battery Street (1856).

Alcatras [i.e. Alcatraz] Island (1856).

View over the Plaza (1856).

View of Russian Hill from Telegraph Hill (1856) [View from Russian Hill, from Telegraph Hill].

South Park (1856)

View from Rincon Point (1856)

View over the City from Harrison Street (1856).

East side of Montgomery Street (1856).

Kearny Street (1856).

View of North Beach from Telegraph Hill (1856).

North side of Montgomery Street from California to Sacramento (1856).

View down Stockton Street (1856).

Montgomery Block, Montgomery Street (1856).

View over Happy Valley (1856).

View over the City, portions between California & Bush streets (1856) [View over the City, containing the portions between California and Bush streets].

St. Francis Hook & Ladder House between Clay & Sacramento streets on Dupont St. ; Engine House Knickerbocker No. 5, Sacramento St. (1856) [(A.) St. Francis' Hook and Ladder No. 1. (B.) Knickerbocker Engine House No. 5].

Montgomery St.--west side between Washington & Pacific streets (1856) [View of the west side of Montgomery street, from Washington to Pacific].

U.S. Custom House and Post Office (1856) [The Custom House].

Sacramento Street (looking East) (1856) [View down Sacramento Street].

"Fort Vigilance" Head Quarters--Committee of Vigilance--1856 [Fort Vigilance].

City Hall (1856).

St. Mary's Church (Catholic) California St. corner of Dupont (1856) [The Cathedral, (St. Mary's Church.)]

Yerba Buena Island and the Bay between Sacramento and Jackson Streets (1856) [View of the City from Stockton Street, containing the portions between Washington and Sacramento streets].