Circa 1870
Artist unknown, Panorama of San Francisco, c. 1870
Tempera and casein on canvas, 15 x 9 ft.
Reproduced from the original by Anchor Brewing Company,
San Francisco.
Large
painted-canvas panoramas, often mounted in series on wooden
rollers, were popular entertainment between 1849 and 1895.
This exquisite example captured the industrialized vibrancy
of silver-era San Francisco as well as the bucolic serenity
of its Mission district. Todays Mission Dolores Park
was home to two Jewish cemeteries in 1870. Near them was Lake
Dolores. Downtown landmarks included Mayor Thomas H. Selbys
shot tower at First and Howard and Congregation Emanu-Els
circular-towered Sutter Street synagogue. Also prominentsixty-six
years before the Bay Bridgewas Yerba Buena (Goat) Island.
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