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
Sacramento Block, Historic View, Sacramento Street & Battery Street, S...
Survey number: HABS CA-1746 Public domain photograph of military parade, army ceremony, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bird's eye view of Port Townsend, Puget Sound, Washington Territory. F...
J11915 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bancroft.
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
V.C. Morris Store, 140 Maiden Lane, San Francisco, San Francisco Count...
Public domain photograph of hotel lobby, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
McElroy Octagon House, 2645 Gough Street (moved), San Francisco, San F...
Significance: The Octagon House was constructed ca. 1860-1861 with plain concrete walls surfaced with "V" groove redwood rustic siding, and with wood quoins at the angles and modified Classical Revival cornice ... 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
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 Point Pier Bulkhead Buildings, Embarcadero, Kearney & Powell Str...
Significance: The plans for the bulkhead buildings were stimulated by the influx of goods into San Francisco with the completion of the Panama Canal. The facades, conceived as gateways to the city, lent grande... More
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 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 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
City Hall, Civic Center, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA
Significance: One of the most elegant civic buildings in the US. It was designed by Arthur Brown, Jr., and his executive partner, John Bukewell, Jr., after a competition held in 1912. The building was effective... More
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
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
The Old Mansion House and Mission Dolores, San Francisco
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 191. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Mission Dolores. This record contains unverified old d... More
View across the crater of San Francisco mt.
Original negative number: 157. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1871; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. Part of:... 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
Medical-Dental Building, 450 Sutter Street, San Francisco, San Francis...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an office building, commercial building, 20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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, Enlisted Men's Mess Hall, West end of Criss...
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Fort Mason, Quarters No. 1, Commanding General's House, Franklin Stree...
Significance: It is significant as the post's first commanding officer's residence. The building is associated with two nationally significant events. The first is the westward and Pacific expansions of the Uni... More
Presidio of San Francisco, Recreation Building Type, West end of Criss...
Survey number: HABS CA-2621 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000232
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 Francis...
Survey number: HABS CA-1792-H National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000209
Street meeting. San Francisco, California
Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fleischhacker Pool & Bath House, Sloat Boulevard & Great Highway, San ...
Significance: At the time it was built, it was the largest swimming pool in the world. It contained a uniquely designed circulation and heating system that kept 6,000,000 gallons of salt water heated, and whic... More
Fleischhacker Pool & Bath House, Sloat Boulevard & Great Highway, San ...
Significance: At the time it was built, it was the largest swimming pool in the world. It contained a uniquely designed circulation and heating system that kept 6,000,000 gallons of salt water heated, and whic... More
Fleischhacker Pool & Bath House, Sloat Boulevard & Great Highway, San ...
Significance: At the time it was built, it was the largest swimming pool in the world. It contained a uniquely designed circulation and heating system that kept 6,000,000 gallons of salt water heated, and whic... 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
Presidio of San Francisco, Plumbing Shop, Crissy Field North cantonmen...
Public domain photograph of a shop, shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[Sutor, San Francisco Team, baseball card portrait]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTcvc3V0b3Itc2FuLWZyYW5jaXNjby10ZWFtLWJhc2ViYWxsLWNhcmQtcG9ydHJhaXQtMjk4MTc0LTEwMjQuanBn/40/70/webp "[Sutor, San Francisco Team, baseball card portrait]")
[Sutor, San Francisco Team, baseball card portrait]
Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.
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
Alcatraz, Sally Port, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisc...
Survey number: HABS CA-1792-K National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000209
Steamer day in San Francisco - Public domain graphic arts, Library of ...
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Nagel, L.
Presidio Water Treatment Plant, Filtration Plant, East of Lobos Creek ...
Survey number: HAER CA-155-E Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction
Presidio Water Treatment Plant, Filtration Plant, East of Lobos Creek ...
Survey number: HAER CA-155-E Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction
3397-3399 Sacramento Street (House), San Francisco, San Francisco Coun...
Survey number: HABS CA-2044 Public domain photograph of Victorian style building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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,...
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,...
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,...
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,...
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,...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, 3200 California Street, San ...
Public domain photograph of San Francisco streets, landmark historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, 3200 California Street, San ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Presidio of San Francisco, Cavalry Stables, Cowles Street, between Lin...
Significance: Within the Presidio, the cavalry stables form a distinct and rather isolated building complex with a unique character. Although they were constructed during the period when the Mission style had ... More
Pier 16 & Bulkhead Building, Howard Street, San Francisco, San Francis...
Significance: Pier 16 and Bulkhead were last remaining structures of a unified complex of Mission Revival style pier front and bulkhead buildings dating to the early 20th century. The structures were among the... More
U. S. Branch Mint, Mission & Fifth Streets, San Francisco, San Francis...
Public domain photograph of office, auditorium, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U. S. Branch Mint, Mission & Fifth Streets, San Francisco, San Francis...
Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description