Views of San Francisco[ca. 1859-1860]engA photograph album containing 46 varnished salted paper prints of views of San Francisco dated 1852-1860, 14 of them signed by G.R. Fardon, which includes all but 6 of the photographs in Fardon's San Francisco Album. Photographs of the Most Beautiful Views and Public Buildings of San Francisco. Includes a photograph of Fort Gunnybags, June 1856. Two maps of San Francisco are tipped in.G.R. Fardon traveled from New York to San Francisco in 1849. There he experimented with daguerreotypes, and developed a process by which prints on paper could be made from collodion glass plate negatives. In 1856 Herre & Bauer printed his San Francisco Album. Photographs of the Most Beautiful Views and Public Buildings of San Francisco.Title from front cover.Presentation inscription by James de Fremery to his wife, dated November 2 1859, with later inscription noting gift to son James L. de Fremery.Manuscript captions.First photograph carries stamp: "Amic Gazan [&] Mazzucchelli Sun Pictures."