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Lot 276
Sale 1046 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography Featuring the Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann
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Jun 21, 2022
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[WESTERN AMERICANA]. WATKINS, Carleton, photographer. The Cliff House, San Francisco, California.
20 5/8 x 15 1/2 in. albumen photograph (minor toning, occasional spotting). Signed lower right margin by Watkins.
An elevated view of Cliff House at Ocean Beach, on the northwest side of San Francisco's peninsula. Photographed several times by Watkins from different vantages, this is the first of four Cliff Houses that burned down on 25 December 1894.
Property of a New York Lady