San Francisco, Historic View, 1853, San Francisco, San Francisco Count...
Survey number: HABS CA-1761 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
BRISTOL BAY GILL NET BOAT, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Franci...
Survey number: HAER CA-257 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bolton & Barron Building, Montgomery & Merchant Streets, San Francisco...
Survey number: HABS CA-1232 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Powell Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA
Survey number: HABS CA-1790 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jacob Leese House, Historic View, Grant Avenue, San Francisco, San Fra...
Survey number: HABS CA-1869 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
City officials hear the speeches made at mass meeting of Works Progres...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. Returning to headquarters. ...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Informatio...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
A black and white photo of a pile of trash. Office of War Information ...
Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
Presidio of San Francisco, Old Station Hospital, Funston Avenue & Linc...
1989 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: In 1864, in the midst of the Civil War, the Wright Army Hospital was built to replace an earlier, deteriorating structure. The elegant, southern style archit... More
Presidio of San Francisco, Motor Vehicle Shed Type, West end of Crissy...
Significance: These four vehicle sheds were built in 1940, and designed according to the Army's 700-series standard plans. They represent the mobilization of the Army for World War II, an Army that had not com... More
Presidio of San Francisco, Motor Vehicle Shed Type, West end of Crissy...
Significance: These four vehicle sheds were built in 1940, and designed according to the Army's 700-series standard plans. They represent the mobilization of the Army for World War II, an Army that had not com... More
Presidio of San Francisco, Motor Vehicle Shed Type, West end of Crissy...
Significance: These four vehicle sheds were built in 1940, and designed according to the Army's 700-series standard plans. They represent the mobilization of the Army for World War II, an Army that had not com... More
Presidio of San Francisco, Motor Vehicle Shed Type, West end of Crissy...
Significance: These four vehicle sheds were built in 1940, and designed according to the Army's 700-series standard plans. They represent the mobilization of the Army for World War II, an Army that had not com... More
California State Building, 350 McAllister Street, San Francisco, San F...
Significance: The California State Building is a contributing element of the San Francisco Civic Center Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated Nationa... More
California State Building, 350 McAllister Street, San Francisco, San F...
Significance: The California State Building is a contributing element of the San Francisco Civic Center Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated Nationa... More
California State Building, 350 McAllister Street, San Francisco, San F...
Significance: The California State Building is a contributing element of the San Francisco Civic Center Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated Nationa... More
California State Building, 350 McAllister Street, San Francisco, San F...
Significance: The California State Building is a contributing element of the San Francisco Civic Center Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated Nationa... More
California State Building, 350 McAllister Street, San Francisco, San F...
Significance: The California State Building is a contributing element of the San Francisco Civic Center Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated Nationa... More
California State Building, 350 McAllister Street, San Francisco, San F...
Significance: The California State Building is a contributing element of the San Francisco Civic Center Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated Nationa... More
California State Building, 350 McAllister Street, San Francisco, San F...
Significance: The California State Building is a contributing element of the San Francisco Civic Center Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated Nationa... More
California State Building, 350 McAllister Street, San Francisco, San F...
Significance: The California State Building is a contributing element of the San Francisco Civic Center Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated Nationa... More
California State Building, 350 McAllister Street, San Francisco, San F...
Significance: The California State Building is a contributing element of the San Francisco Civic Center Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated Nationa... More
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
Engine 15 Firehouse, 2150 California Street, San Francisco, San Franci...
Structure has been referred to stylistically as "Gothic Burlesque." Significance: Built in 1884 and was representative of the Gothic Revival Spirit that prevailed in San Francisco form the 1850s and reached its... More
Engine 15 Firehouse, 2150 California Street, San Francisco, San Franci...
Structure has been referred to stylistically as "Gothic Burlesque." Significance: Built in 1884 and was representative of the Gothic Revival Spirit that prevailed in San Francisco form the 1850s and reached its... More
Fort Funston, Panama Mounts for 155mm Guns, Skyline Boulevard & Great ...
Significance: The Panama mounts of Battery Bluff are significant as they are a contributing feature to the Fort Funston Historic District which is considered eligible for listing in the National Register of His... More
Fort Mason, Quarters No. 4, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-174 Survey number: HABS CA-1880
Mission San Francisco de Asis, Mission & Sixteenth Streets, San Franci...
Suggested address, Mission & Sixteenth Streets, is not verifiable in documentation. See also HALS CA-83 for additional documentation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-73 Survey num... More
Mission San Francisco de Asis, Mission & Sixteenth Streets, San Franci...
Suggested address, Mission & Sixteenth Streets, is not verifiable in documentation. See also HALS CA-83 for additional documentation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-73 Survey num... More
Alcatraz, Military Chapel, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Fra...
Survey number: HABS CA-1792-J National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000209
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
Presidio of San Francisco, Tennis Court, Letterman Hospital Complex, 1...
Significance: The tennis court is a contributing recreational structure to the Presidio of San Francisco National Historic Landmark. The Presidio has a long and unique tradition of recreational activities amon... More
James King of William Banking House, Historic View, Montgomery & Comme...
Survey number: HABS CA-1822 Public domain photograph - city, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
San Francisco, Historic View, 1906 Fire, San Francisco, San Francisco ...
Survey number: HABS CA-1798 Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Presidio of San Francisco, Officers' Vehicles Garage, 1055 General Ken...
Significance: The garage was a contributing structure to the Presidio of San Francisco National Historic Landmark. The 1981 Historic American Engineering Record recognizes its significance as "Associated with ... More
Presidio Water Treatment Plant, Valve House, East of Lobos Creek at Ba...
Survey number: HAER CA-155-C Building/structure dates: 1910 Initial Construction
North Beach Place, 461 Bay Street, 560 Francisco Street, 461 Bay Stree...
Survey number: HABS CA-2727-H Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Anglo & London Paris National Bank, One Sansome Street, San Francisco,...
Significance: One of a group of historically and architecturally important bank buildings in downtown San Francisco. Within this group, it is particularly notable for is monumental size, prominent location, and... More
Anglo & London Paris National Bank, One Sansome Street, San Francisco,...
Significance: One of a group of historically and architecturally important bank buildings in downtown San Francisco. Within this group, it is particularly notable for is monumental size, prominent location, and... More
Presidio of San Francisco, Storehouse & Administration, Crissy Field N...
Survey number: HABS CA-2624 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000232
Presidio of San Francisco, Letterman General Hospital, Building No. 12...
Significance: Building 1049 is significant as an element built in conformance with the 1899 pavilion plan of Letterman Hospital and as a rare and exemplary surviving example of a ward pavilion in the United Sta... More
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco, Bachelor Officer Quarters,...
Significance: Air Station San Francisco is significant locally for its associations with the development of the San Francisco International Airport. Regionally, it is important as one of the first three Coast ... More
Mission Turn Hall, 3543 Eighteenth Street, San Francisco, San Francisc...
Significance: The structure known as Mission Turn Hall (1910 to 1935), Dovre Hall (1935 to 1976) and the Women's Building (1978 to present) is significant as a clear expression of San Francisco's social history... More
Aquatic Park Bathhouse, Beach Street, West of Polk Street, San Francis...
Name changed from Maritime Museum to Aquatic Park Bathhouse on 7-29-02. See also HALS CA-113 (Aquatic Park) for documentation of the surrounding landscape. Significance: San Francisco's Aquatic Park was one of ... More
Aquatic Park Bathhouse, Beach Street, West of Polk Street, San Francis...
Name changed from Maritime Museum to Aquatic Park Bathhouse on 7-29-02. See also HALS CA-113 (Aquatic Park) for documentation of the surrounding landscape. Significance: San Francisco's Aquatic Park was one of ... More
North Beach Place, 561 Bay Street, 1120 Columbus Street, 561 Bay Stree...
Survey number: HABS CA-2727-L Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Presidio of San Francisco, Chapel of Our Lady, Moraga Avenue, San Fran...
Survey number: HABS CA-1217 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000232
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...
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
North Beach Place, 415 Bay Street, 415 Bay Street, San Francisco, San ...
Survey number: HABS CA-2727-A Building/structure dates: after. 1950- before. 1952 Initial Construction
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, Drydock No. 4, East terminus of Palou Av...
Significance: Dry Dock No. 4 appears to be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places for its association with the events and patterns identified in the defense of the United States during... More
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, Drydock No. 4, East terminus of Palou Av...
Significance: Dry Dock No. 4 appears to be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places for its association with the events and patterns identified in the defense of the United States during... More
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, Drydock No. 4, East terminus of Palou Av...
Significance: Dry Dock No. 4 appears to be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places for its association with the events and patterns identified in the defense of the United States during... More
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, Drydock No. 4, East terminus of Palou Av...
Significance: Dry Dock No. 4 appears to be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places for its association with the events and patterns identified in the defense of the United States during... More
North Beach Place, 531 Bay Street, 650 Francisco Street, 531 Bay Stree...
Survey number: HABS CA-2727-K Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
North Beach Place, 531 Bay Street, 650 Francisco Street, 531 Bay Stree...
Survey number: HABS CA-2727-K Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Presidio of San Francisco, Post Engineer's Headquarters Office, Crissy...
Survey number: HABS CA-2627 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000232
Presidio of San Francisco, Enlisted Men's Barracks Type, West end of C...
Survey number: HABS CA-2623 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000232
Presidio of San Francisco, Enlisted Men's Barracks Type, West end of C...
Survey number: HABS CA-2623 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000232
Presidio Water Treatment Plant, Pumping Station, East of Lobos Creek a...
Non-contributing resource in the Presidio of San Francisco National Historic Landmark District (NRIS #66000232). Survey number: HAER CA-155-D Building/structure dates: 1948 Initial Construction Building/struc... More
Presidio Water Treatment Plant, Pumping Station, East of Lobos Creek a...
Non-contributing resource in the Presidio of San Francisco National Historic Landmark District (NRIS #66000232). Survey number: HAER CA-155-D Building/structure dates: 1948 Initial Construction Building/struc... More
Trocadero Inn, Sigmund Stern Grove, San Francisco, San Francisco Count...
Suggested address, Twenty-second Avenue, is not verifiable in documentation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-45 Survey number: HABS CA-119 Building/structure dates: after. 1860- ... More
Trocadero Inn, Sigmund Stern Grove, San Francisco, San Francisco Count...
Suggested address, Twenty-second Avenue, is not verifiable in documentation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-45 Survey number: HABS CA-119 Building/structure dates: after. 1860- ... More
Trocadero Inn, Sigmund Stern Grove, San Francisco, San Francisco Count...
Suggested address, Twenty-second Avenue, is not verifiable in documentation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-45 Survey number: HABS CA-119 Building/structure dates: after. 1860- ... More
Hotel Adams, 391 Leavenworth Street, San Francisco, San Francisco Coun...
Significance: The Hotel Adams has been determined by the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) to be eligible to the National Register of Historic Places as a Contributory Building to the San Francisco Apar... More
Hotel Adams, 391 Leavenworth Street, San Francisco, San Francisco Coun...
Significance: The Hotel Adams has been determined by the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) to be eligible to the National Register of Historic Places as a Contributory Building to the San Francisco Apar... More
Presidio of San Francisco, Electrical Shop, Crissy Field North cantonm...
Survey number: HABS CA-2630 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000232
Presidio of San Francisco, Electrical Shop, Crissy Field North cantonm...
Survey number: HABS CA-2630 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000232
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
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
North Beach Place, Bounded by Bay Street, Mason Street, Francisco Stre...
Significance: North Beach Place was a public housing project that occupied two city blocks in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco for 50 years. Designed in 1941-42, delayed by WWII, and constructed 19... More
Fort Mason, Barracks, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA
Survey number: HABS CA-1179 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Alcatraz, Sally Port, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisc...
Survey number: HABS CA-1792-K National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000209
Telegraph Hill, Historic View, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA
Survey number: HABS CA-1247 Public domain photograph related to development of telegraph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Letterman General Hospital, Nurses' Quarters, Girard Road & Lincoln Bo...
Significance: The Nurses' Quarters is significant as one of the few remaining buildings of the historic Letterman General Hospital complex at the Presidio of San Francisco. The hospital, permanently establishe... More
Letterman General Hospital, Nurses' Quarters, Girard Road & Lincoln Bo...
Significance: The Nurses' Quarters is significant as one of the few remaining buildings of the historic Letterman General Hospital complex at the Presidio of San Francisco. The hospital, permanently establishe... More
Schooner C.A. THAYER, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco C...
Significance: By the end of the nineteenth century, the lumber industry on the West Coast was booming, and specialized vessels were needed to transport the lumber along the coast, of which C.A. THAYER was typic... More
Presidio of San Francisco, Letterman General Hospital, Building No. 27...
Significance: Building 1006 is significant as an element built in harmony with the original 1899 pavilion plan of Letterman Hospital; as one of several Spanish Colonial Revival style buildings at Letterman whos... More
Presidio of San Francisco, Letterman General Hospital, Building No. 27...
Significance: Building 1006 is significant as an element built in harmony with the original 1899 pavilion plan of Letterman Hospital; as one of several Spanish Colonial Revival style buildings at Letterman whos... More
City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...
Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More
City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...
Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More
City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...
Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More
City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...
Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More
City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...
Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More
Jackson Street (Commercial Buildings), Jackson Street between Montgome...
Survey number: HABS CA-1473 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...
also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More
San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...
also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More
San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...
also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More
San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...
also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More
San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...
also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More
San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...
also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More