# SanFrancisco1851a

- By: Unknown authorUnknown author
- Date: before June 22, 1851
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: Library of Congress CALL NUMBER: DAG no. 1331
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SanFrancisco1851a.jpg)
- Rights: Public domain
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/SanFrancisco1851a.jpg/1920px-SanFrancisco1851a.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Portsmouth Square near harbor in 1851 — San Francisco during the Gold Rush.

Early daguerrotype.

Signs in image include: California Restaurant, Book and Job Printing, Louisiana, Sociedad, Drugs & Medicines Wholesale & Retail, Henry Johnson & Co, Alta California, Bella Union, A. Holmes.