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Alcatraz, Cell House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Cell House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisc...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N2216 Survey number: HABS CA-1792-A Building/structure dates: 1853-1859 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1909-1912 Subsequent Work Bu... More

U.S.S. San Francisco, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing Company.

U.S.S. San Francisco, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishin...

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

[United States fleet, San Francisco Bay]

[United States fleet, San Francisco Bay]

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

Surfers at the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California

Surfers at the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California

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

Carnaval, San Francisco, California

Carnaval, San Francisco, California

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

Carnaval, San Francisco, California

Carnaval, San Francisco, California

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

Sutro Tower, San Francisco, California

Sutro Tower, San Francisco, California

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

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California

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

Fog rolls across the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California

Fog rolls across the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California

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

Detention Center at Angel Island, an island in San Francisco Bay that offers expansive views of the San Francisco skyline, the Marin County Headlands and Mount Tamalpais

Detention Center at Angel Island, an island in San Francisco Bay that ...

The island has been used for a variety of purposes, including military forts, a US Public Health Service Quarantine Station, and a US Bureau of Immigration inspection and detention facility. Title, date and key... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

Grace Cathedral, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall, 1051 Taylor Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Grace Cathedral, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall, 1051 Taylor Stree...

Significance: Constructed in 1911, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall (hereinafter referred to by its common name, Cathedral House) is significant as the first permanent structure built in the Grace Cathedral c... More

Grace Cathedral, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall, 1051 Taylor Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Grace Cathedral, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall, 1051 Taylor Stree...

Significance: Constructed in 1911, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall (hereinafter referred to by its common name, Cathedral House) is significant as the first permanent structure built in the Grace Cathedral c... More

Alcatraz, Warehouse-Bakery, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Warehouse-Bakery, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Fr...

Survey number: HABS CA-1792-F National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000209

Camp Reynolds, Officer's Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

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

Significance: Camp Reynolds was established on Angel Island in 1863 to enhance the coastal defenses of San Francisco Bay during the Civil War. In 1866 Camp Reynolds became the army's general depot for receivin... More

Alcatraz, Building No. 64, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Building No. 64, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Fra...

Survey number: HABS CA-1792-G National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000209

Alcatraz, Power Plant, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Power Plant, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francis...

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

Sunset study, San Francisco Bay

Sunset study, San Francisco Bay

Photograph shows view of San Francisco Bay at sunset from pier. 17058 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 734. Copyright by Geo. Fiske. Stamped on mount: Geo. Fiske, Photo., Yosemite Valley, Cal., San Francisco Agency,... More

Alcatraz, Laundry Building, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Laundry Building, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Fr...

Survey number: HABS CA-1792-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000209

Alcatraz, Laundry Building, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Laundry Building, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Fr...

Survey number: HABS CA-1792-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000209

Alcatraz, Warden's House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Warden's House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Survey number: HABS CA-1792-B National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000209

Alcatraz, Warden's House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Warden's House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Survey number: HABS CA-1792-B National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000209

Fort Baker, Storehouse, Near intersection of Breitung & Satterlee Roads, Sausalito, Marin County, CA

Fort Baker, Storehouse, Near intersection of Breitung & Satterlee Road...

Significance: Building FB-570 is significant as a relatively unmodified example of a Theatre of Operations 700 (T.O. 700) Series Storehouse (Type WH-A-T) built in 1942 as part of the mobilization effort for Wor... More

Golden Gate Bridge, Spanning mouth of San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Golden Gate Bridge, Spanning mouth of San Francisco Bay, San Francisco...

Significance: Spanning one of the World's most spectacular channels, the Golden Gate Bridge is internationally renowned as a superb structural and aesthetic example of suspension bridge design. Survey number: ... More

Golden Gate Bridge, Spanning mouth of San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Golden Gate Bridge, Spanning mouth of San Francisco Bay, San Francisco...

Significance: Spanning one of the World's most spectacular channels, the Golden Gate Bridge is internationally renowned as a superb structural and aesthetic example of suspension bridge design. Survey number: ... More

Camp Reynolds, Band Master's Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Camp Reynolds, Band Master's Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel ...

Significance: Camp Reynolds was established on Angel Island in 1863 to enhance the coastal defenses of San Francisco Bay during the Civil War. In 1866 Camp Reynolds became the army's general depot for receivin... More

Fort Barry, Bonita Ridge Access Road, Retaining Wall, Point Bonita, Marin Headlands, Sausalito, Marin County, CA

Fort Barry, Bonita Ridge Access Road, Retaining Wall, Point Bonita, Ma...

Significance: The Retaining Wall is important for its support role in the seacoast defenses of the San Francisco Bay. It is a contributing element to the Forts Baker, Barry, and Cronkhite National Register Hist... More

Alcatraz, Industries Building, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Industries Building, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San...

Survey number: HABS CA-1792-C National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000209

Alcatraz, China Alley, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, China Alley, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francis...

Survey number: HABS CA-1792-H National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000209

Mile Rock Tunnel, Under Forty-eighth Avenue from Cabrillo Street to San Francisco Bay at Point Lobos, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Mile Rock Tunnel, Under Forty-eighth Avenue from Cabrillo Street to Sa...

Significance: The Mile Rock tunnel was constructed in 1914 and 1915 and is an example of the whole-scale reconstruction and reconfiguration of the City of San Francisco's public works system that occurred follo... More

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Cou...

Significance: The Steam Tug HERCULES is a National Historic Landmark, significant as the only oceangoing steam tug on the West Coast. Typical in the early 20th century, this steam tug hauled log floats, large ... More

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...

Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...

Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...

Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...

Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...

Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...

Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...

Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...

Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More

Ferry EUREKA, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Ferry EUREKA, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, C...

See HAER CA-364 for documentation of the Eureka's Lifeboat No. 3. Significance: EUREKA, considered to be the only extant vessel of its type in the United States, symbolizes an era of travel that has all but van... More

Ferry EUREKA, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Ferry EUREKA, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, C...

See HAER CA-364 for documentation of the Eureka's Lifeboat No. 3. Significance: EUREKA, considered to be the only extant vessel of its type in the United States, symbolizes an era of travel that has all but van... More

Ferry EUREKA, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Ferry EUREKA, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, C...

See HAER CA-364 for documentation of the Eureka's Lifeboat No. 3. Significance: EUREKA, considered to be the only extant vessel of its type in the United States, symbolizes an era of travel that has all but van... More

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Significance: Designed to protect the entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Classic example of brick seacoast forts. Abandoned in 1886 when powerful rifled cannons made brick forts obsolete. Survey number: HABS... More

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Significance: Designed to protect the entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Classic example of brick seacoast forts. Abandoned in 1886 when powerful rifled cannons made brick forts obsolete. Survey number: HABS... More

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Significance: Designed to protect the entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Classic example of brick seacoast forts. Abandoned in 1886 when powerful rifled cannons made brick forts obsolete. Survey number: HABS... More

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Steam ferryboat employed on San Francisco Bay, and later on Puget Sound. Last remaining steam powered auto ferry of a once larger fleet on the West Coast. Also the last steam powered auto ferry l... More

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Steam ferryboat employed on San Francisco Bay, and later on Puget Sound. Last remaining steam powered auto ferry of a once larger fleet on the West Coast. Also the last steam powered auto ferry l... More

Pit 4 Diversion Dam, Pit River west of State Highway 89, Big Bend, Shasta County, CA

Pit 4 Diversion Dam, Pit River west of State Highway 89, Big Bend, Sha...

Significance: The Pit 4 Diversion Dam is important as an original feature of the Pit 3, 4 and 5 Hydroelectric Plant. Pit 4 Dam is an excellent example of early twentieth century hydroelectric architecture and ... More

Pit 4 Diversion Dam, Pit River west of State Highway 89, Big Bend, Shasta County, CA

Pit 4 Diversion Dam, Pit River west of State Highway 89, Big Bend, Sha...

Significance: The Pit 4 Diversion Dam is important as an original feature of the Pit 3, 4 and 5 Hydroelectric Plant. Pit 4 Dam is an excellent example of early twentieth century hydroelectric architecture and ... More

Pit 4 Diversion Dam, Pit River west of State Highway 89, Big Bend, Shasta County, CA

Pit 4 Diversion Dam, Pit River west of State Highway 89, Big Bend, Sha...

Significance: The Pit 4 Diversion Dam is important as an original feature of the Pit 3, 4 and 5 Hydroelectric Plant. Pit 4 Dam is an excellent example of early twentieth century hydroelectric architecture and ... More

Pit 4 Diversion Dam, Pit River west of State Highway 89, Big Bend, Shasta County, CA

Pit 4 Diversion Dam, Pit River west of State Highway 89, Big Bend, Sha...

Significance: The Pit 4 Diversion Dam is important as an original feature of the Pit 3, 4 and 5 Hydroelectric Plant. Pit 4 Dam is an excellent example of early twentieth century hydroelectric architecture and ... More

Alcatraz, Cell House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Cell House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisc...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N2216 Survey number: HABS CA-1792-A Building/structure dates: 1853-1859 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1909-1912 Subsequent Work Bu... More

Alcatraz, Cell House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Cell House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisc...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N2216 Survey number: HABS CA-1792-A Building/structure dates: 1853-1859 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1909-1912 Subsequent Work Bu... More

Alcatraz, Cell House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Cell House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisc...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N2216 Survey number: HABS CA-1792-A Building/structure dates: 1853-1859 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1909-1912 Subsequent Work Bu... More

Alcatraz, Cell House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Cell House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisc...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N2216 Survey number: HABS CA-1792-A Building/structure dates: 1853-1859 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1909-1912 Subsequent Work Bu... More

Pacific Coast from San Francisco Bay to the Strait of Juan de Fuca /

Pacific Coast from San Francisco Bay to the Strait of Juan de Fuca /

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

A group of men sitting next to each other on a boat - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men sitting next to each other on a boat - FSA / Office of ...

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

Aerial view of neighborhoods in San Francisco, California

Aerial view of neighborhoods in San Francisco, California

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

Fog rolls across the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California

Fog rolls across the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California

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

Tourist Attraction - Tiburon, Marin County, California

Tourist Attraction - Tiburon, Marin County, California

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

Point Reyes, San Francisco, California

Point Reyes, San Francisco, California

Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coit Tower, San Francisco, California

Coit Tower, San Francisco, California

Public domain photograph of city skyline, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of Ghiradelli Square in San Francisco, California

View of Ghiradelli Square in San Francisco, California

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

Tiburon, an incorporated town in Marin County, California

Tiburon, an incorporated town in Marin County, California

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

Sloop Yacht Kathleen, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Sloop Yacht Kathleen, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Significance: The Kathleen is a shoal-draft centerboard sloop of the kind that dominated yachting on San Francisco Bay from the 1850s until about 1910. Built on North Beach in 1904–1905 by the Italian immigrant... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

Grace Cathedral, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall, 1051 Taylor Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Grace Cathedral, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall, 1051 Taylor Stree...

Significance: Constructed in 1911, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall (hereinafter referred to by its common name, Cathedral House) is significant as the first permanent structure built in the Grace Cathedral c... More

Photograph of San Francisco in ruins from Lawrence Captive Airship, 2000 feet above San Francisco Bay overlooking water front. Sunset over Golden [Gat]e

Photograph of San Francisco in ruins from Lawrence Captive Airship, 20...

Copyright claimant's address: Chicago. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; 1906. Exhibit loan 4105-L. Exhibited in: Documenting disaster: photographs of the 1906 San Francisco earthquakes and fire, San Fra... More

Alcatraz, Building No. 64, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Building No. 64, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Fra...

Survey number: HABS CA-1792-G National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000209

Alcatraz, Power Plant, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Power Plant, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francis...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Alcatraz, Laundry Building, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Laundry Building, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Fr...

Survey number: HABS CA-1792-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000209

Golden Gate Bridge, Spanning mouth of San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Golden Gate Bridge, Spanning mouth of San Francisco Bay, San Francisco...

Significance: Spanning one of the World's most spectacular channels, the Golden Gate Bridge is internationally renowned as a superb structural and aesthetic example of suspension bridge design. Survey number: ... More

Golden Gate Bridge, Spanning mouth of San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Golden Gate Bridge, Spanning mouth of San Francisco Bay, San Francisco...

Significance: Spanning one of the World's most spectacular channels, the Golden Gate Bridge is internationally renowned as a superb structural and aesthetic example of suspension bridge design. Survey number: ... More

Sheldon Building, 9-15 First Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Sheldon Building, 9-15 First Street, San Francisco, San Francisco Coun...

Significance: The Sheldon Building was built within a year after the 1906 earthquake and is an early example of a major downtown structure utilizing reinforced concrete as a building material. The architect of... More

Sheldon Building, 9-15 First Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Sheldon Building, 9-15 First Street, San Francisco, San Francisco Coun...

Significance: The Sheldon Building was built within a year after the 1906 earthquake and is an early example of a major downtown structure utilizing reinforced concrete as a building material. The architect of... More

Fort Barry, Signal Corps Radar 296, Station 5, Transmitter Building Foundation, Point Bonita, Marin Headlands, Sausalito, Marin County, CA

Fort Barry, Signal Corps Radar 296, Station 5, Transmitter Building Fo...

Significance: The S.C.R. 296 Station 5 Transmitter Building Foundation is important for its supporting role in the seacoast defenses of the San Francisco Bay. Station 5 supported the S.C.R. 296, a highly sensit... More

Mile Rock Tunnel, Under Forty-eighth Avenue from Cabrillo Street to San Francisco Bay at Point Lobos, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Mile Rock Tunnel, Under Forty-eighth Avenue from Cabrillo Street to Sa...

Significance: The Mile Rock tunnel was constructed in 1914 and 1915 and is an example of the whole-scale reconstruction and reconfiguration of the City of San Francisco's public works system that occurred follo... More

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Cou...

Significance: The Steam Tug HERCULES is a National Historic Landmark, significant as the only oceangoing steam tug on the West Coast. Typical in the early 20th century, this steam tug hauled log floats, large ... More

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Cou...

Significance: The Steam Tug HERCULES is a National Historic Landmark, significant as the only oceangoing steam tug on the West Coast. Typical in the early 20th century, this steam tug hauled log floats, large ... More

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Cou...

Significance: The Steam Tug HERCULES is a National Historic Landmark, significant as the only oceangoing steam tug on the West Coast. Typical in the early 20th century, this steam tug hauled log floats, large ... More

Camp Reynolds, Officers' Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Camp Reynolds, Officers' Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel Isla...

Significance: Camp Reynolds was established on Angel Island in 1863 to enhance the coastal defenses of San Francisco Bay during the Civil War. In 1866 Camp Reynolds became the army's general depot for receivin... More

Camp Reynolds, Officers' Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Camp Reynolds, Officers' Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel Isla...

Significance: Camp Reynolds was established on Angel Island in 1863 to enhance the coastal defenses of San Francisco Bay during the Civil War. In 1866 Camp Reynolds became the army's general depot for receivin... More

Camp Reynolds, Officers' Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Camp Reynolds, Officers' Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel Isla...

Significance: Camp Reynolds was established on Angel Island in 1863 to enhance the coastal defenses of San Francisco Bay during the Civil War. In 1866 Camp Reynolds became the army's general depot for receivin... More

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...

Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...

Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...

Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...

Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...

Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More

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