San Francisco Bay

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. Shows drainage, distancees, etc. "Constructed, projected and drawn by Fred D. Stuart, hydrographer, late of the U.S. Ex. Ex. ; assisted by More

Scale 1:760,320. Relief shown by hachures. At head of title: Routes in Oregon and California. Map no. 1. "Drawn by John Young." From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the M More

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Scale 1:760,320. At head of title: Coast route, California Map no. 1. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific More

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 379. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco General Views. This record contains unverified old dat More

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of San Francisco, mid-19th century albumen print, no copyright restrictions.

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S202 Includes table of sea coast lights and notes. In top left margin: No. 602. In top center margin: Plate no. More

Print showing a tugboat and two sailboats in "San Francisco Bay," and two steamboats at dock. 27413 U.S. Copyright Office. Remarque of sailing ship on lower right. Copyright by C. Klackner ... 17th St. New York.

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Photograph of photographic print marked "U. S. Cruiser San Francisco, Bay of San Francisco, April 4th, 1891," "5276," and "Taber photo., San Francisco, Cal." Detroit P More

Print shows a view through the "Golden Gate" into San Francisco Bay with Fort Point on the right and a steamship passing through the channel, leaving the Bay; the coastline of the city of San Francisco is on th More

From Edison films catalog: A fine view of San Francisco Bay, from an Oakland ferryboat. Tug towing a scow passes by. Sea gulls sail through the air and dive into the seething wake of the boat. 40 feet. $6.00. A More

Copyright 1898 by Strohmeyer & Wyman. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shows troops of the First Regiment, California Volunteers, boarding the Pacific Mail steamer City of Peking to serve in the Philippine theater of the Spanish-American War. The film was shot at the Pacific Mail More

The following is a scene-by-scene description of the film: The first segment of the film was probably shot from the back of a passenger car being pushed up the grade by a locomotive (as was standard practice). More

H8250 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5515. Copyright 1901 by C.H. Graves.

As early as 1874, passenger balloon flights were being made over San Francisco. San Franciscans - and Americans in general - were fascinated with the thrills and dangers of flight. Although balloon technology h More

This film, photographed from the front of a moving steam engine, shows the scenic portion of the Ferries and Cliff House Railroad route along the bluffs and cliffs of Lands End (at the northwest corner of San F More

View of the San Francisco Bay before Golden Gate Bridge was built with sun shining through clouds on water. H19137 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by R.J. Water & Co. No. 302.

Viewed from deck of boat. California. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

H31814 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1903 by Underwood & Underwood. No. 2.

No. 9764. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

No. 9767. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

H94954 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1907 by Underwood & Underwood. No. 9763; U-103861.

H113249 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Chicago. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; July 10, 1908.

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Section at left may be missing. Title and date devised by cataloger based on similarity to other images of fleet in San Francisco Bay. Source unknown.

H114129 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo by Enrique Muller. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ships; San Francisco; Shelf.

H111814 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Chicago. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; May 15, 1908.

No. 16507. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

No. 2346-a. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph shows vaudeville performer Hazel Bess Laugenour (1892- ?), who was the first woman to swim across the San Francisco Bay on August 11, 1911. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Panorama is on page 92 of album. Forms part of Whitelaw Reid Collection. Transfer; LC Manuscript Division (Whitelaw Reid Papers); 1958; 11275 (MSS).

Photograph shows vaudeville performer Hazel Bess Laugenour (1892- ?), who was the first woman to swim across the San Francisco Bay on August 11, 1911. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Title from data prov More

J236941 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; J. D. Givens; Septemer 25, 1919. Copyright claimant's address: S.F., Cal.

Job title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to the More

Titles devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to the 19 More

Titles devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to the 19 More

Public domain photograph of San Francisco streets, landmark historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain photograph of 19th-century vintage card, vintage travel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain photograph of 19th-century vintage card, vintage travel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain photograph of San Francisco streets, landmark historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Public domain photograph of San Francisco streets, landmark historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain photograph of a ship in San Francisco harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC Pacific Div. Data: Dr. Green, June 11, 1920. Caption on negative sleeve: Firs More

No. 26670. Public domain image of San Francisco buildings, city, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph shows an aerial view of the Port of Oakland, on the San Francisco Bay, Oakland, California. Illus. in: Survey of the architecture of completed projects of the Public Works Administration / C.W. Short More

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi More

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi More

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi More

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. More

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Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. More

In a Columbus Day parade in San Francisco in 1991, Italian American girls dressed as angels ride with an image of the Madonna surrounded by flowers on a festival float created by the Societa de la Madonna del L More

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The large building to the left is the Portsmouth Naval Prison, a notoriously stern former U.S. Navy and Marine Corps prison. The reinf More

Coit Tower was built in Pioneer Park atop Telegraph Hill in 1933 at the bequest of Lillie Hitchcock Coit to beautify the City of San Francisco; Lillie bequeathed one-third of her estate to the City of San Franc More

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The reinforced concrete, castle-like naval prison was occupied from 1908 until 1974. "Alcatraz of the East," as it was known, was mode More

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The large building in the foreground is the Portsmouth Naval Prison, a notoriously stern former U.S. Navy and Marine Corps prison. The More

Photo shows mural on building with number 2700. Mural artist: name not given. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The San Francisco Bay Area Carnaval season begins in February. Groups from T More

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Tiburon's name derives from the Spanish word tiburón, which means "shark." The name was probably inspired by the prevalence of native leopard sharks in th More

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs More

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Constructed on the shore of San Francisco Bay by the Exploratorium. Through a series of pipes, the wave organ interacts with the waves of the bay and conv More

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs More

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Constructed on the shore of San Francisco Bay by the Exploratorium. Through a series of pipes, the wave organ interacts with the waves of the bay and conv More

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Tiburon occupies most of the Tiburon Peninsula, which reaches south into the San Francisco Bay. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California More

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Tiburon's name derives from the Spanish word tiburón, which means "shark." The name was probably inspired by the prevalence of native leopard sharks in th More

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs More

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay into the Pacific Ocean. In 2012 the Golden Gate Bridge celebrated its 75th anniversary. Title, date, More

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The San Francisco Bay Area Carnaval season begins in February. Groups from The Mission District, a metro center for the many different Spanish speaking po More

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Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Tiburon occupies most of the Tiburon Peninsula, which reaches south into the San Francisco Bay. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California More

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Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The bridge, declared one of the modern Wonders of the World by the American Society of Engineers, links San Francisco to Marin County. Credit line: The Jo More

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Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs More

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs More

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs More

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The San Francisco Bay Area Carnaval season begins in February. Groups from The Mission District, a metro center for the many different Spanish speaking po More

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The San Francisco Bay Area Carnaval season begins in February. Groups from The Mission District, a metro center for the many different Spanish speaking po More

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The bridge, declared one of the modern Wonders of the World by the American Society of Engineers, links San Francisco to Marin County. Credit line: The Jo More

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The San Francisco Bay Area Carnaval season begins in February. Groups from The Mission District, a metro center for the many different Spanish speaking po More

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Sutro Tower is a 977-foot tall self-supporting steel structure, in the San Francisco Bay Area, which is shared by ten television stations and four FM radi More

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The bridge, declared one of the modern Wonders of the World by the American Society of Engineers, links San Francisco to Marin County. Credit line: The Jo More

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay into the Pacific Ocean. In 2012 the Golden Gate Bridge celebrated its 75th anniversary. Title, date, More

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Constructed on the shore of San Francisco Bay by the Exploratorium. Through a series of pipes, the wave organ interacts with the waves of the bay and conv More

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Constructed on the shore of San Francisco Bay by the Exploratorium. Through a series of pipes, the wave organ interacts with the waves of the bay and conv More

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Designed at the height of the Gold Rush and built between 1853 and 1861 by the U.S. Army Engineers as part of a defense system of forts planned for the pr More

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Point Reyes, the windiest place on the Pacific Coast and second foggiest place on the North American continent. The historic Point Reyes Lighthouse warned More

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Tiburon's name derives from the Spanish word tiburón, which means "shark." The name was probably inspired by the prevalence of native leopard sharks in th More

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay into the Pacific Ocean. In 2012 the Golden Gate Bridge celebrated its 75th anniversary. Title, date, More

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay into the Pacific Ocean. In 2012 the Golden Gate Bridge celebrated its 75th anniversary. Title, date, More

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Tiburon's name derives from the Spanish word tiburón, which means "shark." The name was probably inspired by the prevalence of native leopard sharks in th More

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Designed at the height of the Gold Rush and built between 1853 and 1861 by the U.S. Army Engineers as part of a defense system of forts planned for the pr More

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Crissy Field is a former airfield, now a part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photo More

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs More

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