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STANLEY N. HOYT (active 1900-1915)
Group of 20 photographs of San Francisco billboards that survived the 1906 earthquake.
Includes graphic ads for a variety of goods and services, such as wallpaper, furnishing stores, Hunter
Whiskey, various clothing and tailors, trips to Mt. Tamalpais or Muir Woods, beer, cigars, and
magazines. Silver prints, the images measuring approximately 4
3
/
4
x6
1
/
2
inches (12.1x16.5 cm.), and
the reverse, with Hoyt’s facsimile signature hand stamp and later notations, in pencil, on verso. Circa
1907-08
[3,000/4,500]