Written on front: "Jenny Lind Theater--This is a view of Maguire's famous old theatre on Kearny street, between Merchant and Washington, afterwards the Old City Hall, and upon the site of which the new Municipal Building is to be erected. The print from which the above engraving was made is the oldest in existence. It is pronounced by old pioneers an accurate picture."
Written on back: "Completed in Oct. 1851, sold to city in 1852 to be utilized as a City Hall for $210,000."
