San Diego, California. Terminus of the Texas Pacific Railway. From the Peninsula Looking East Across the Bay.

Alfred Edward Mathews (1831-1874)

Date

1873
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Lithograph
Contributors

Published by A. L. Bancroft & Co.
Dimensions

Image: 9 x 16 9/16 in.
Sheet: 13 15/16 x 20 3/4 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l.: A.E. MATHEWS DEL. T.
l.c.: SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. / TERMINUS OF THE TEXAS PACIFIC RAILWAY. FROM THE PENINSULA LOOKING EAST ACROSS THE BAY. 1873. / The Bay which is in the form of a crescent, is 18 miles long, and from one to two miles wide. Depth of water 22 feet at low tide in the shallowest place, ranging to 70 feet. Distance to the nearest mountain 20 miles. To the / mountains on the left 45 miles. Population of San Diego in 1872, 3000. Culverwell's Wharf is seen in the centre of the picture; length, 13000 feet. The Pacific Mail S. S. Co.'s Wharf is represented on the right; length, 17000 feet. / A.L. BANCROFT & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS, 721 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
l.r. stamped in ink: 9319
in graphite: 11
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1978.14
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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