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East Side of Montgomery Street [Plate 20 of Fardon's San Francisco Album, 1856] "East Side of Montgomery Street" Plate 20 from Fardon's San Francisco Album, published 1856. This is a view (dated July 1855 by de Fremery) looking north on the east side of Montgomery Street above California. This is the sole plate which captures any telegraphy of the time. The pole has what appears to be a Batchelder mounted at the top, with two ramshorns on a crossarm hanging below. In the right foreground is the Express Building (look at the roofline), the headquarters of Wells Fargo in 1854 and 1855. Is this where the line is headed?