View of Alcatraz Island and Fort Alcatraz under construction from near Dupont Street (later Grant Street), San Francisco

People:

George Robinson Fardon (photographer)

Title:

View of Alcatraz Island and Fort Alcatraz under construction from near Dupont Street (later Grant Street), San Francisco

Date:

1856

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Varnished salted paper print from a glass negative

Dimensions:

comp.: 15.3 x 20.1 cm page: 20.2 x 25.6 cm

Reference number:

PH1979:0355:028

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

signed - by the photographer ? inscribed on the negative, b.: "Fardon" inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the secondary support below the image, l.l. to l.r.: with title imprinted and numbered - in black ink, on the secondary support above the image, u.l.: "26"

Location:

San Francisco; California; United States;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

fort
island
prison

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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