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

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presentation inscription to his wife, dated November 2, 1859, with later inscription [1890] noting gift to son James L. de Fremery.

From Views of San Francisco [ca. 1859-1860], epigraph. Image ID Number 4183070, WA Photos 231, Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Creator/Contributor: James de Fremery

Date: November 2, 1859, with later inscription [1890]

Location: San Francisco

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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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