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ORIGINAL! 1905 PHOTO SECOND CLIFF HOUSE SAN FRANCISCO SF SEAL ROCKS OOAK KODAK 3A1905 PHOTO SECOND CLIFF HOUSE SAN FRANCISCO SF SEAL ROCKS OOAK KODAK 3A
- TYPE: ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT (SILVER GELATIN CONTACT PRINT)
- SUBJECT: SECOND CLIFF HOUSE (VICTORIAN "GINGERBREAD PALACE")
- LOCATION: SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA (VIEW FROM SUTRO HEIGHTS OVERLOODATE OF IMAGE: 1905
- DIMENSIONS: 5 1/4" X 3 1/4" (FORMATTED FOR NO. 3A KODAK FOLDING POCKET CAMERA NEGATIVES)
- REVERSE SIDE: PERIOD HANDWRITTEN CURSIVE PROVENANCE: "OLD CLIFF HOUSE, SAN FRANCISCO, 1905"
- ERA EXCLUSIVITY: METICULOUSLY CAPTURED BEFORE THE CATASTROPHIC ELECTRICAL FIRE OF SEPTEMBER 7, 1905
PRE-1906 EARTHQUAKE CALIFORNIA EPHEMERA GOLDMINE
UP FOR SALE IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE, GENUINE 1905 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT OF THE FAMOUS SECOND CLIFF HOUSE IN SAN FRANCISCO. THIS IS NOT A MASS-PRODUCED COMMERCIAL POSTCARD, LITHOGRAPH, OR MODERN REPRINT. THIS IS AN AUTHENTIC, PERIOD-CORRECT SILVER GELATIN CONTACT PRINT CREATED DIRECTLY FROM A NO. 3A KODAK FOLDING POCKET CAMERA NEGATIVE, MEASURING EXACTLY 5 1/4" X 3 1/4".
REMARKABLE VISUAL CLARITY & CONTRAST
THIS SPECIFIC PRINT BOASTS EXTREMELY FINE CONTRAST WITH DEEP, RICH BLACKS AND CRISP ARCHITECTURAL HIGHLIGHTS. THE SHARPNESS OF THE CHATEAU-STYLE SPIRES, SEVEN-STORY WINDOW TIERS, AND SURF CRASHING OVER SEAL ROCKS IS TREMENDOUSLY RAZOR-SHARP. VERY SMALL CORNER CHIP ON THE LOWER FRONT LEFT WITH THE PAPER HAVING BEEN IMPECCABLY PRESERVED IN A DRY, DARK ENVIRONMENT FOR OVER 120 YEARS.
FLAWLESS CHEMICAL PROOF OF AUTHENTICITY
A VERY SMALL, LOCALIZED PATCH OF NATURAL AGE-RELATED SILVERING IS PRESENT ONLY IN THE SHADOWS OF THE LOWER-LEFT DARK FOLIAGE. FOR THE SERIOUS COLLECTOR, THIS METALLIC SHEEN IS REASSURING PHYSICAL PROOF OF GRADUAL CHEMICAL OXIDATION THAT ABSOLUTELY CANNOT BE FALSIFIED BY MODERN LASER PRINTS OR REPRODUCTIONS.
HISTORICAL PROVENANCE ON THE REVERSE
THE REVERSE SIDE FEATURES AN AUTHENTIC, AGED PERIOD HANDWRITTEN CURSIVE NOTATION READING: "OLD CLIFF HOUSE, SAN FRANCISCO, 1905". BECAUSE THE STRUCTURE SURVIVED THE 1906 EARTHQUAKE ENTIRELY BUT BURNED TO THE GROUND IN 1907, LOCALS BEGAN USING THE TERM "OLD CLIFF HOUSE" IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE DISASTER, FIRMLY DATING THE WRITING TO THE LATE 1900s.
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