Whittier Mansion, 2090 Jackson Street, San Francisco, San Francisco Co...
Significance: Built for William Franklin Whittier between 1894 and 1896, this massive Arizona sandstone building has passed through a number of interesting owners. Occupied as a residence until the early 1940s,... More
Howard Street in San Francisco, known as "Skid Row," the district of t...
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More
Phelps House, 329 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, San Francisco Coun...
Significance: Represents an exotic intrusion into the simple early traditions of the city and is often referred to as the oldest frame house in San Francisco. Its Louisiana oriented ( and it came from the area ... 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
Whittier Mansion, 2090 Jackson Street, San Francisco, San Francisco Co...
Significance: Built for William Franklin Whittier between 1894 and 1896, this massive Arizona sandstone building has passed through a number of interesting owners. Occupied as a residence until the early 1940s,... More
Whittier Mansion, 2090 Jackson Street, San Francisco, San Francisco Co...
Significance: Built for William Franklin Whittier between 1894 and 1896, this massive Arizona sandstone building has passed through a number of interesting owners. Occupied as a residence until the early 1940s,... More
Whittier Mansion, 2090 Jackson Street, San Francisco, San Francisco Co...
Significance: Built for William Franklin Whittier between 1894 and 1896, this massive Arizona sandstone building has passed through a number of interesting owners. Occupied as a residence until the early 1940s,... More
Whittier Mansion, 2090 Jackson Street, San Francisco, San Francisco Co...
Significance: Built for William Franklin Whittier between 1894 and 1896, this massive Arizona sandstone building has passed through a number of interesting owners. Occupied as a residence until the early 1940s,... 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
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
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
Montgomery Block, 28 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, San Francisco C...
Significance: Built as the largest and safest office building in San Francisco, the Montgomery Block became the headquarters of professional men from 1853 to 1890. It housed the Adolph Sutro Library and at the... More
Naval Training Station, Senior Officers' Quarters District, Naval Stat...
Significance: The Senior Officer's Quarters Historic District is significant at the local level for its association with the early development of military facilities on the West Coast. The period of significanc... More
Adelphian Apartments, 820 O'Farrel Street, San Francisco, San Francisc...
Public domain photograph of San Francisco streets, landmark historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ship BALCLUTHA, 2905 Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Co...
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.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...
Public domain image with Picryl description as title Public domain photograph of ship dock, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ship BALCLUTHA, 2905 Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Co...
Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ship BALCLUTHA, 2905 Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Co...
Public domain photograph of American trade card, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Adolph Sutro House, Point Lobos & Forty-Eighth Avenue, San Francisco, ...
Survey number: HABS CA-1238 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
North Beach Place, 401 Bay Street, 500 Francisco Street, 401 Bay Stree...
Survey number: HABS CA-2727-F Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Haas-Lilienthal House, 2007 Franklin Street, San Francisco, San Franci...
Significance: This well-preserved wood Queen Anne style residence was constructed in 1886 for William Haas, a successful California businessman. A number of details, executed in fine materials, illustrate the ... More
Naval Training Station, Senior Officers' Quarters District, Quarters N...
Significance: Quarters 6 is significant as part of the Senior Officers' Quarters District. Although short-lived as a training station (1898-1923), Yerba Buena Island was essential in the establishment of a mode... More
Anderson-Christofani Shipyard, Innes Avenue & Griffith Street, San Fra...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: This shipyard is most notable for retaining the last steam powered winch on the West Coast. The winch powers the marine railway and allows ships to be "pulled" f... More
San Francisco, Historic View, 1856, San Francisco, San Francisco Count...
Survey number: HABS CA-1762 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Golden Gate International Exposition, Palace of Fine and Decorative Ar...
Significance: It is significant as one of the best remaining examples of buildings constructed on Treasure Island as part of the 1939-40 Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE). The building served as the P... More
Alcatraz, Officer's Club, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Fran...
Survey number: HABS CA-1792-L National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000209
North Beach Place, 575 Bay Street, 575 Bay Street, San Francisco, San ...
Survey number: HABS CA-2727-M Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Naval Training Station, Quarters No. 10, Naval Station Treasure Island...
Significance: Quarters 10 is a significant example of modern military residential design. The residence employs many significant characteristics of Modern and International Style architecture and in particular ... More
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter PLANETREE, San Francisco, San Francisco County...
Public domain photograph of Vietnam War, the 1960s, 1970s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Presidio of San Francisco, Plumbing Shop, Crissy Field North cantonmen...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Williams Building, 693 Mission Street, San Francisco, San Francisco Co...
Significance: The Williams Building is part of the Aronson Historic District which is comprised of three buildings: The Williams Building at 693 Mission Street, the Aron Building (now known as the Mercantile B... More
Holbrook Building, 58 Sutter Street, San Francisco, San Francisco Coun...
Significance: The Holbrook Building is a significant early post-fire office building designed by a major San Francisco architectural firm. It is distinguished by the integrity of its facade and contribution to... More
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 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
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
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
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, 3200 California Street, San ...
Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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, 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
Steam Tug EPPLETON HALL, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisc...
Significance: The steam side paddlewheel tugboat EPPLETON HALL was the last of the famed British paddleboats to be built. Its engine is the once-common, but now rare, twin sidelever "grasshopper" engine. It ... More
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
Knights of Pythias Building, 101 Valencia Street, San Francisco, San F...
Significance: The Knights of Pythias Building is a notable and rare surviving example in San Francisco of an early 20th-century building exclusively for a fraternal organization. In a city where many upper cla... More
U. S. Branch Mint, Mission & Fifth Streets, San Francisco, San Francis...
Public domain photograph of San Francisco streets, landmark historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U. S. Branch Mint, Mission & Fifth Streets, San Francisco, San Francis...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
U. S. Branch Mint, Mission & Fifth Streets, San Francisco, San Francis...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
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
Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. Self-denial. Each member of...
Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
San Francisco, California. Great Depression public domain photograph.
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. In the hall an audience awa...
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
Listening to speeches at mass meeting of Works Progress Administration...
Annotation on original negative jacket: DL. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informat... More
Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. Men pause a moment to watch...
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
Solo. Salvation Army, San Francisco, California
Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Red Cross distributing knitting material. San Francisco, California
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 group of people sitting around a table. Office of War Information Ph...
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 harbor. Office of War Information Photogr...
Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Electronic surrogate made from item with the same number in the LC-USF34 series. Transfer; Unite... More
A black and white photo of a cruise ship. Office of War Information Ph...
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 group of men sitting around a table. Office of War Information Photo...
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
Corner of Montgomery and Market Streets, Monday morning, after Japanes...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Wrapping bandages. Red Cross headquarters. San Francisco, California
Public domain photograph of San Francisco during Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A group of people standing around a table. Office of War Information P...
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
USO (United Service Organizations) servicemen's club. Civic Center, Sa...
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 group of people in a kitchen preparing food. Office of War Informati...
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
Red Cross distributing knitting material. San Francisco, California
Public domain photograph of San Francisco during Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Army assault boat displayed at war clinic exhibit, San Francisco, Cali...
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Wash... More
San Francisco, California. Tin covered plates climax detinning process...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Francisco, San Francisco County, C...
1887 Vol. 3. 2 Sheet(s). Title, Key map (65 X 91 cm.) Index (65 X 45 cm.) Only.
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
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
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 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
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