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View E from Russian Hill

January 1, 1870

View towards Telegraph Hill from approximately Hyde between Lombard and Greenwich. Washington Square, center right, with major landscaping completed April, 1869. Toland Medical College and Home for the Inebriate in distance left. Presentation Convent Roman Catholic school complex on Powell St. at center. North Beach, looking East from Russian Hill. Sailing ships at anchor, Yerba Buena Island in distance. Toland Medical College and Home for the Inebriate in distance center. The octagonal house at far left, one of five in the city, was built in 1859 for Arden Ellis, a laborer, at the NW corner of Lombard and Leavenworth.Yerba Buena Island in distance. Same image as wnp26.656 with significantly different cropping. [NB-12] [F810 NB-012] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)