The Golden Gate (I) - Who that has ever crossed our mighty continent, can possibly forget the moment when he gains his first gl…
'The Golden Gate (I) - Who that has ever crossed our mighty continent, can possibly forget the moment when he gains his first glimpse of the vast Pacific, - at once a startling revelation of the distance he has come and a suggestion of those Orient lands whose misty shores still seem so fabulously far away? Facing the setting sun with outstretched arms as if The Golden Gate(II) - A journey of three thousand miles, from Ocean ever ocean ward, accomplished as rapidly a steam and steel can carry us, through changing scenes of States which rival empires in size, dotted with cities and with glowing fields, through desert wastes and cloud-encompassed mountains, we find ourselves at last in San Francisco' (1895). Artist/photographer: Unsigned. Provenance: "Portfolio of photographs of our country and our neighbors – John Stoddard [includes pictures from Chicago World’s Fair]". Type: Antique halftone photographic print.
Size: 13407px × 4941px
Location: 1895
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
Keywords: 1895, 19th, antique, california, century, francisco, gate, golden, halftone, nineteenth, photographic, print, san, vintage
