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Pacific Mail Steamship Co. Dock

January 1, 1872

Elevated view east From Rincon Hill to Pacific Mail dock with sidewheel steamer boats (Steamer Colorado at center, built 1865, scrapped 1879, Steamer Senator at right (1865-1882)), sailing ships and Yerba Buena Island in background. Oriental Warehouse (built 1867, still stands 2021 at 650 Delancey St.) at left. Three part wooden structure at center is Occidental Warehouse, used for grain storage, with blacksmith and boiler shops to the left. Ad for C.C. Hastings & Co. Clothing at Lick House, 'Use IXL Bitters' on fence. May be part of panorama with Carlton Watkins wnp71.2170. 'Senator' handwritten on photo far right center. From Watkins Mammoth Plate CEW 611 [Steamer 'Colorado' at the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's Docks SF 1872 No. 2] [F810 SH-072] Inferior quality version of wnp37.002

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