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Panorama, Fort Bragg, California

Public domain photograph of 19th century California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Birds eye of San Diego, California

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

Lake Bryanthus (Bull Frog), elevation 11,000 ft.

J158871 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pacific Photo Co.; August 15, 1911. On front: "Regis. cop'y'r by Pacific Photo Co., Los Angeles, #508, July 26, 1911.".

Aldebaran Canal, Venice, California

Photograph shows a bird's-eye view of a canal, with a boat in foreground. J151140 U.S. Copyright Office No. 071899. Photograph by the Detroit Publishing Co. Forms part of: Detroit Publishing Company Photograph... More

Mt. Brewer and High Sierras, from Bubbs Creek

J158870 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pacific Photo Co.; August 15, 1911. On front: "July 27, 1911, regis. copyright by Pacific Photo Co., Los Angeles, #500."

[San Diego, seen from balloon] - Public domain dedication image

Stamped on verso of duplicate: "West Coast Art Co. (Inc.), 115 East Jefferson St., Los Angeles. Price, $2.00. No. 886. Order by number. Mail orders receive prompt attention." Title derived from duplicate. Digit... More

Santa Barbara Mission, Santa Barbara, Cal.

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

[Michael Cochrane Armour house, 962 Linda Vista Avenue, Pasadena, Cali...

Site History. House Architecture: John Constantine Hillman, begun ca. 1912. Landscape: Robert Gordon Fraser and/or Thomas Chisholm, landscape gardeners from 1910. Associated Name: Minnie Huggins (Mrs. Michael C... More

Boiler house, Oxnard, [California], factory

Public domain photograph of industrial building, factory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Lower Falls, Yosemite. 1912]

Public domain photograph of Yosemite National Park, mountains, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Standard Evaporators, Oxnard, [California], factory

Public domain photograph of Industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Horse drawn carriage coming through Arch Rock, a large rock formation...

J187655 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright Detroit Publishing Co. Public domain photograph of a tunnel, arch structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

V.R. del V.P.F. Junipero Serra - Public domain book illustration

Illustration showing Junípero Serra holding a crucifix in one hand and a stone in the other preaching to a crowd of Natives. Illus. in: Francisco Palou's life and apostolic labors of the Venerable Father Junip... More

San Francisco, California. Cityscape photograph, Panoramic Photograph

J197245 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; W. Wesley Swadley; November 6, 1914.

Top of Machinery Hall, April 1, 1914

J193083 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Panama-Pacific International Exposition Co.; April 29, 1914; DLC/PP-1914:44805. No. 1918.

Panorama of Yacht Harbor, 4/1/14

J192086 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Panama-Pacific International Exposition Co.; April 29, 1914; DLC/PP-1914:44805. No. 1917.

Anaheim public school building, Panoramic Photograph

J199618 U.S. Copyright Office No. 3265. Anaheim Union High School. Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; January 20, 1915.

Point Richmond Historic District, 119 Contra Costa Street (House), Ric...

Significance: Element of Point Richmond Historic District. The District is significant, as a "coherent representation of a turn-of-the-century industrial town." Survey number: HABS CA-2210-D Building/structu... More

I.J. Paderewski and wife - Public domain print

Photograph shows pianist Ignace Jan Paderewski and his second wife, Helena Paderewska, probably en route to San Francisco in April 1915. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Gateway to Yosemite Valley, Panoramic Photograph

J208756 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O. Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; June 11, 1915.

Little Lake looking north west panoramic photo

Picryl description: Public domain image of an old ancient city, historic place, stone building architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Mission San Diego, southern California, U.S.A.

J202472 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 16669. Copyright by Keystone View Company.

The gleam of the electric scintillators at night in the Court of Four ...

J203870 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo Copyrighted by Keystone View Co. No. 17805. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Electr.; Exh.; Ph.

Laying low the mighty, redwood forest, Humboldt County, California

Two men chopping down redwood as other men and women look on. J209654 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; S. U. Bunnell; 1915; DLC/PP-1915:45010. Copyright claimant's address: Pasadena, Cal.

Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, California, member national advisory council of Co...

Title and name and address of photographer transcribed from image. Summary: Formal portrait, half-length, seated in chair, Phoebe Apperson Hearst of California, facing left with head turned toward camera, right... More

Sacramento--a children's garden

School children, posed with their teachers, by their garden, Sacramento, California. Goldsberry Collection of open-air school photographs.

Map showing territory annexed to the city of Los Angeles, California /

Includes historical table of date, place name, how it was obtained, number of acres, and number of square miles being annexed between 1781 and 1916. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a ... More

["Arcady," George Owen Knapp house, Sycamore Canyon Road, Montecito, C...

Site History. House Architecture: Italianate mission style house by Ralph Radcliffe-Whitehead, built by Christopher Tornoe and expanded by E. Russell Ray in 1911 for George Owen Knapp. Landscape: Francis Towns... More

["El Mirador," J. Ogden Armour house, Cold Springs Road, Montecito, Ca...

Site History. Landscape: Charles Frederick Eaton. Associated name: Lolita Armour. Other: This reservoir, also known as the "lake," was a feaure of "Riso Rivo," the house and garden of Charles Frederick Eaton, w... More

["El Cerritto," Edward Larned Ryerson Jr. house, Hot Springs Road, San...

Site History. House architecture: Joseph L. Curletti, begun 1913. Landscape: Otto Niedermuller. Associated Name: Nora Butler [Mrs. Edward L.] Ryerson, Jr. Today: House extant with extensive changes. Slide used ... More

["Glen Oaks," James Hobart Moore house, East Valley Road, Montecito, C...

Site History. House Architecture: Unknown, possibly Stanford White. Landscape: W. Stanley Davis, gardener until 1916. Associated Name: Lora Small (Mrs. James H.) Moore. Other: James Hobart Moore acquired the ho... More

["El Fureidis," James Waldron Gillespie house, Parra Grande Lane, Mont...

Site History. House Architecture: Bertram Grovesnor Goodhue with Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson, built from 1905-1906; Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey, Supervising Architects. Landscape: Bertram Grovesnor Goodhue with Cram... More

["Villa Rose," Joseph Donahoe Grant house, 2260 Redington Road, Hillsb...

Site History. House Architecture: Lewis Parsons Hobart, completed 1912. Landscape: Lewis Parsons Hobart and Edith Macleay (Mrs. Joseph D.) Grant, completed 1912. Other: Later called "Strawberry Hill." Today: Ho... More

["Mi Sueño," Herbert Coppell house, 1245 South Grand Avenue, Pasadena,...

Site History. House Architecture: Bertram Grovesnor Goodhue, built 1916; Carlton Monroe Winslow, supervising architect. Landscape: Paul George Thiene, 1916. Associated Name: Georgia Myers (Mrs. Herbert) Coppell... More

[Mrs. Francis Lemoine Loring house, 700 South San Rafael Avenue, San R...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, park architecture, outdoors, romantic atmospheric landscape, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Wellington Stanley Morse house, 450 South San Rafael Avenue, San San ...

Site History. House Architecture: Reginald Davis Johnson, built 1919. Landscape: Paul George Thiene, 1919. Associated Name: Cora Dorr (Mrs. Wellington S.) Morse. Today: House extant, garden redesigned. Title, d... More

["El Cerritto," Edward Larned Ryerson Jr. house, Hot Springs Road, San...

["El Fureidis," James Waldron Gillespie house, Parra Grande Lane, Mont...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Myron Hunt house, 200 North Grand Avenue, Pasadena, California. Fount...

Site History. House Architecture: Myron Hunt, 1905. Landscape: Myron Hunt, from 1905. Today: Garden not extant; house is a private residence. Slide used with lecture "California Gardens." On slide: Blank sticke... More

["Arcady," George Owen Knapp house, Sycamore Canyon Road, Montecito, C...

[El Paseo Arcade, Santa Barbara, Calif.]

Public domain image of architecture, drawing building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Air Service Flying School, Rockwell Field, San Diego, Cal., Nov. 23, 1...

Picryl description: Public domain image of composite portrait page, or group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Camp Kearny, gelatin silver print, Panoramic Photograph

J227475 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; S. U. Bunnell; January 23, 1918; DLC/PP-1918:45618. Copyright claimant's address: 1440 4th St., San Diego. No. 1230. Printed at right of image: "Merry Christmas".

Note: This yarn was knitted by Juniors of Los Angeles into sweaters an...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC. Pacific Division. Group title: Junior Red Cross. Benefits, U.S. Used in: Ex.... More

KOSTER, FREDERICK JACOB. MFG. OF SAN FRANCISCO

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women's Life Savings Corps in Action. Artificial respiration. Red Cros...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC, Lothers & Young. Taken from files, position incorrect. Group title: First ai... More

Miscellaneous subjects. Theodor Horydczak in gun breach of 12" C.A.C. ...

Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) was a Polish-born American photographer. He worked in the Washington D.C. area from the 1910s to the 1950s, and captured images of the city and its residents during a period of sig... More

Arnold Genthe - Street corner in Chinatown, San Francisco

Public domain photograph of San Francisco Chinatown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arnold Genthe - Street in Chinatown, San Francisco

Public domain photograph of San Francisco Chinatown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Phil D. Swing of Cal. - Public domain photograph, glass negative

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Civic Center and business district, San Francisco, California

Aerial view. J257825 U.S. Copyright Office No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.

Santa Fe Land Improvement Company Office Block, Paseo Delicias, Rancho...

Survey number: HABS CA-2306 Building/structure dates: 1922 Initial Construction

Drilling crew connecting rotary drill pipe preparing to deepen oil wel...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

White deerskin dance costume--Hupa, portrait of american indian man

Hupa Indian, half-length, standing, facing left, in ceremonial costume. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - On the Merced--Southern Miwok

Miwok man holding spear, sitting on boulder in a creek. J268430 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 4000. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Cur... More

At christening of "Los Angeles," 11/25/24

A black and white photo of a crowd of people. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shrine Bathing Beauty Parade, Venice, California, 1925

May be a fashion parade. J278573 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; M. F. Weaver; September 14, 1925. Copyright claimant's address: L[os] A[ngeles]. No. 4023-1.

The sea and lighthouse at Trinidad, Calif

No. 26684. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Catalina Country Club golf course, Catalina, Calif

No. 26623. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frank Stewart Library, Market & Hunter Streets, Stockton, San Joaquin ...

Survey number: HABS CA-1631 Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Naval Ordnance Test Station Inyokern, China Lake Pilot Plant, Pilot Pl...

Significance: The China Lake Pilot Plan is nationally significant for its rol in the development and production of propellants, chiefly solid rocket motors, installed in the earliest Navy rockets used during Wo... More

Fire House, Knights Ferry, Stanislaus County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-161 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Solari Hotel, Indian Gulch, Mariposa County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1525 Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chinese Store (Ruins), Main Street, Coloma, El Dorado County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1380 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Toll House, Jackson, Amador County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1519 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bruschi Store, Chinese Camp, Tuolumne County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1569 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mill Valley Air Force Station, Guard Building, East Ridgecrest Bouleva...

Survey number: HABS CA-2615-W Building/structure dates: 1951 Initial Construction

Jail, Main Street, Knights Ferry, Stanislaus County, CA

Suggested address, Main Street, is not verifiable in documentation. Survey number: HABS CA-164

Hamilton Field, Auxiliary Water Storage Tank No. 2, West of Escolta Av...

Survey number: HABS CA-2398-CQ Public domain photograph of a storage tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Holden Store, El Dorado & Main Streets, Stockton, San Joaquin County, ...

Survey number: HABS CA-1634 Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

C Street & Sixth Street (Houses), Marysville, Yuba County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1430 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mill Valley Air Force Station, Gatehouse, East Ridgecrest Boulevard, M...

Survey number: HABS CA-2615-R Building/structure dates: 1951 Initial Construction

Schlake Ranch, Smokehouse & Dairy House, 2300 East Washington Street, ...

Survey number: HABS CA-2205-I Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bystle House, Trinity & High Streets, Shasta, Shasta County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1445 Public domain photograph of a house in California, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Agnews State Hospital, Auxiliary Generator Building, Between Avenues A...

Survey number: HABS CA-2710-AN Building/structure dates: after 1960 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1998 Demolished

Agnews State Hospital, Physician's Cottage Garage, South Side of Palm ...

Survey number: HABS CA-2710-AD Public domain photograph of a house in California, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Buffalo Ranch, Tool Shed, 2418 MacArthur Boulevard, Irvine, Orange Cou...

Survey number: HABS CA-2395-Q Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Auburn (Chinese Section), General View, Auburn, Placer County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1388 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bruschi Building, Main Street, Coulterville, Mariposa County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1531 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Anacapa Island Light Station, House, East Anacapa Island, Ventura, Ven...

Survey number: HABS CA-2335-A Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frame Store, Glencoe, Calaveras County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1488 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hamilton Field, Water Storage Standpipe, Terminus of Water Tower Road,...

Significance: One of the original structures at Hamilton Air Field, the water tower is a contributing element to the district. It is significant as one of the most visible structures upon entering the base, a ... More

Erickson Ranch Log Cabin, Mad River, Trinity County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1455 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Employment signs in Spanish and English. These ranches (1938) increasi...

Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dr. West House, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1183 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wells Fargo Building, Pescadero, San Mateo County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1701 Public domain photograph of Victorian style building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Brewery, Hayward, Alameda County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1325 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Graham Memorial Presbyterian Church, 95 C Avenue, Coronado, San Diego ...

Survey number: HABS CA-2195 Public domain photograph of church architecture, religious building, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Battery Street, Historic View, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1723 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

2213-2217 Van Ness Avenue (Houses), Historic View, San Francisco, San ...

Survey number: HABS CA-1235 Public domain photograph of Victorian style building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clay Street Bank, Historic View, 35 Clay Street, San Francisco, San Fr...

Survey number: HABS CA-1744 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Buffalo Ranch, Connecting Building, 2418 MacArthur Boulevard, Irvine, ...

Survey number: HABS CA-2395-M Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Castro-Alvarado Adobe, 2748 San Pablo Avenue, San Pablo, Contra Costa ...

Survey number: HABS CA-1654 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bedford Inn, Placerville, El Dorado County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1364 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mission San Juan Capistrano, Fountain, Olive Street, between U.S. High...

See also HABS No. CA-331-D for additional photo. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-17 Survey number: HABS CA-331-C National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000170

Camp Reynolds, Officer's Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel Isla...

Survey number: HABS CA-1841-J Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frame Church, Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-2338 Public domain photograph of church architecture, religious building, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

D Street (Commerical Buildings), Marysville, Yuba County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1808 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stockton Street, Historic View, San Francisco, San Francisco County, C...

Survey number: HABS CA-1815 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description