Visual Culture in 19th Century San Francisco
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Visual Culture in 19th Century San Francisco

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Do They Miss Me at Home?

1 wood engraving, uncolored, 24.7 x 19.5 cm (9 3/4 x 7 5/8 in.) overall. Call no. 48052:064, UDID 14119, Rare Books Department

Publisher: James M. Hutchings

Date: c. 1855 [issued before April 3, 1856].

Location: San Francisco

Contributing Institution: The Huntington Library, San Marino, California

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Consuming Identities: Visual Culture in 19th Century San Francisco traces the growth of the commodified image industry in San Francisco during the nineteenth century, incorporating mass-reproduced visual representations of people into a broader history and explaining the cultural roots of modern celebrity.

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