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.
Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma, First & Spain Streets, Sonoma,...
See also HALS CA-66 for additional documentation. Significance: Mission was founded in 1823 by Padre Jose Altimira as the last in a chain of 21 missions. Survey number: HABS CA-1138 Building/structure dates: ... More
Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma, First & Spain Streets, Sonoma,...
See also HALS CA-66 for additional documentation. Significance: Mission was founded in 1823 by Padre Jose Altimira as the last in a chain of 21 missions. Survey number: HABS CA-1138 Building/structure dates: ... More
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BUTTONWOOD, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco,...
Public domain photograph of a train car interior, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BUTTONWOOD, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco,...
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Scow Schooner ALMA, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Cou...
Public domain photograph of a ship in San Francisco harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Scow Schooner ALMA, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Cou...
Public domain photograph of a ship in San Francisco harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Scow Schooner ALMA, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Cou...
Public domain scan of a technical diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Scow Schooner ALMA, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Cou...
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - 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
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
The Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, San Francisco, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Street names commemorate two early San Francisco leaders: Pioneer and exchange banker Henry Haight and Munroe Ashbury. The district is noted for its role ... More
Springfield, Tuolumne County / G. H. Goddard, del., lith. Britton & Re...
Pictorial lettersheet shows town square and scattered dwellings in California Gold Rush town.
Disasters of 60 days : Wreck of Steamship Tennessee, Indian Cove, Marc...
Pictorial lettersheet shows four images of shipwrecks on one page plus two vignettes of (top) a shepherdess and a bear and (center) Explosion R.K. Page Nicolaus, Feather River, March 21th, 1853; with attached b... More
Grant song. Published by J. Stratman, 506 Washington Street, San Franc...
Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
From corner California and Powell Streets looking Northeast, San Franc...
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 355. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco General Views. This record contains unverified old dat... More
Lincoln School House, 5th Street, from corner of Market, San Francisco
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 503. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Public Buildings (Schools, Hospitals etc.). This recor... More
South Beach from Steamboat Point, San Francisco
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 384. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Waterfront. This record contains unverified old data f... More
St. Ignatius Church and College, Market Street, San Francisco
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 465. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Public Buildings. This record contains unverified old ... More
View from the Nucleus Hotel, looking towards Rincon Hill, San Francisc...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an ancient city, historic place, stone buildings architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Telegraph Hill from North Beach, San Francisco
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 438. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco General Views. This record contains unverified old dat... More
The ram of MONITOR CAMANCHE, San Francisco
Men standing above bow of USS MONITOR CAMANCHE. The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 155. LOT subdivision subject: USS Monitor Camanche... More
Cosmopolitan Hotel, cor. Sansome and Bush sts., San Francisco
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Nucleus Hotel, corner 3rd and Market Streets, San Francisco, Californi...
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 556. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Commercial Bldgs (Businesses, Hotels, etc.). This reco... More
San Francisco, Calif. - China Town, Sacramento St.
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 392. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Chinatown. This record contains unverified data from o... More
Market Street, from Montgomery to the Bay, San Francisco
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 553. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco General Views. This record contains unverified old dat... More
First Presbyterian Church, Stockton Street, San Francisco
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 456. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Churches and Synagogues. This record contains unverifi... More
The Denman Grammar School, Bush Street, San Francisco
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 230. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Public Buildings. This record contains unverified old ... More
The Coming man.--A Chinese cigar manufactory in San Francisco--prepari...
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Michael Davitt, head-and-shoulders portrait, in oval, facing right] /...
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
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
Arnold Genthe - Two sheenies, Chinatown, San Francisco
Picryl description: Public domain image of a 19th-century fashion, China or Chinese-inspired design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Children were the pride, joy, beauty, and chief delight of the quarter...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of living conditions, building, by Arnold Genthe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Arnold Genthe - Three children talking to a man, Chinatown, San Franci...
Public domain image of infant, child, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Arnold Genthe - The vegetable peddler, Chinatown, San Francisco
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Arnold Genthe - Little Ah Wu, Chinatown, San Francisco
Title from a similar image in: Old Chinatown : a book of pictures / by Arnold Genthe ; with text by Will Irwin. New York : M. Kennerley, 1913, p. 107. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943.
Arnold Genthe - A holiday visit, Chinatown, San Francisco
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Arnold Genthe - Passers-by, Chinatown, San Francisco
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Arnold Genthe - Bob Lim and brother, Chinatown, San Francisco
Title from a similar image in: Genthe's photographs of San Francisco's old Chinatown / photographs by Arnold Genthe ; selection and text by John Kuo Wei Tchen. New York : Dover Publications, 1984, pl. 10. Purch... More
Arnold Genthe - The devil's kitchen (by night), Chinatown, San Francis...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of living conditions, building, by Arnold Genthe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Man and a boy walking down a sidewalk with other people, Chinatown, Sa...
Public domain photograph of San Francisco Chinatown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Man and a young child walking down a street, Chinatown, San Francisco
Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
The wild cat (for the Highbinder's feast of the uncooked meat), Chinat...
Title from a similar image in: Old Chinatown : a book of pictures / by Arnold Genthe ; with text by Will Irwin. New York : M. Kennerley, 1913, p. 143. Alternate title from a similar image in: Pictures of old Ch... More
Arnold Genthe - A holiday, Chinatown, San Francisco
Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Arnold Genthe - Small child sitting on a doorstep, Chinatown, San Fran...
Public domain photograph of San Francisco Chinatown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Arnold Genthe - Toy merchants, Chinatown, San Francisco
Title from a similar image in: Genthe's photographs of San Francisco's old Chinatown / photographs by Arnold Genthe ; selection and text by John Kuo Wei Tchen. New York : Dover Publications, 1984, pl. 62. Purch... More
Woman carrying a child crossing a street, Chinatown, San Francisco
Public domain photograph of San Francisco Chinatown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Arnold Genthe - The Chinese Salvation Army, Chinatown, San Francisco
Public domain photograph of San Francisco Chinatown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Man and a young child walking down a street, Chinatown, San Francisco
Public domain photograph of San Francisco Chinatown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Woman carrying a child crossing a street, Chinatown, San Francisco
Public domain photograph of San Francisco Chinatown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Man carrying a child accompanied by a man and another child, Chinatown...
Public domain photograph of San Francisco Chinatown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Man and a boy walking down a sidewalk with other people, Chinatown, Sa...
Public domain photograph of San Francisco Chinatown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Arnold Genthe - Poster of Protect the Emperor Society, Chinatown, San ...
Title from a similar image in: Genthe's photographs of San Francisco's old Chinatown / photographs by Arnold Genthe ; selection and text by John Kuo Wei Tchen. New York : Dover Publications, 1984, pl. 35. Purch... More
Arnold Genthe - A family from the Consulate, Chinatown, San Francisco
Public domain photograph of San Francisco Chinatown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Arnold Genthe - A goldsmith's shop, Chinatown, San Francisco
Public domain photograph of San Francisco Chinatown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Arnold Genthe - Dupont Street entrance to Chinatown, San Francisco
Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) was a German-born American photographer who is best known for his photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown and the 1906 earthquake. He began his... More
Arnold Genthe - Paying New Year's calls, Chinatown, San Francisco
Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Arnold Genthe - He belong me, Chinatown, San Francisco
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of living conditions, building, by Arnold Genthe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Men standing or walking down a sidewalk, Chinatown, San Francisco
Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) was a German-born American photographer who is best known for his photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown and the 1906 earthquake. He began his... More
Arnold Genthe - Pipe dreams, Chinatown, San Francisco
Public domain photograph of San Francisco Chinatown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Arnold Genthe - The devil's kitchen (by night), Chinatown, San Francis...
Public domain photograph of San Francisco Chinatown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Vendors and a horse and cart on a street, Chinatown, San Francisco
Public domain photograph of San Francisco Chinatown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
We are Soldiers of the Cross, Christian Endeaverers, San Francisco, Ca...
Photograph shows a Christian Endeavor society parade in San Francisco, Calif. Stereo by Keystone. Copyright 1897 by B. L. Singley. No. 5070. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; Parades; Ca. S- F-; Relig. gro... More
Procession of floats / motion picture
"Taken at San Francisco, Cal., at the Golden Jubilee. In the foreground are seen crowds of people, all being very close to the camera. The first float is drawn by four white horses and is at least twenty feet l... More
Judges and lawyers of San Francisco, California, 1899
General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Bourke, J.F., copyright claimant. Bowles, J.H., pu... More
W. R. Hearst & wife - Public domain photograph, glass negative
Public domain photograph, portrait photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description William Randolph Hearst - American newspaper publisher active during the late 19th and early 20th cen... More
[San Francisco, Calif.], California, 19th century sterescope card.
Inspection of Co. H, 9th Cavalry on the Presidio. Stereo copyrighted by B.L. Singley. No. 11255. This record contains unverified data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Geogr.;... More
Sutro's Baths, San Francisco, Cal, California, 19th century sterescope...
Copyright by C.H. Graves. No. 5408. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Frances Benjamin Johnston, with Maddie (her mother), 1903, with a pai...
Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
[Two women amidst bricks and rubble after San Francisco earthquake and...
H78343 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, 1906: Leaving the stricken city, cr...
Stereo copyrighted by E.W. Kelley; Universal View Co. No. 7884. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Mints, US; City halls; Ca. SF; Photog. I.; Shelf.
Market St., east from 5th, San Francisco, Cal.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
William Randolph Hearst, three quarter length portrait, standing, youn...
Photo by J.E. Purdy, Boston. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. William Randolph Hearst - American newspaper publisher active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was bor... More
Up Market St. from Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal.
Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 1906, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
[Palace Hotel on fire, San Francisco, California, during earthquake an...
Copyright by Pillsbure [i.e. Pillsbury] Picture Co. No. 10. Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Cal.
Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 1906, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Scenes in San Francisco, [no. 2] /
Panoramas filmed in the ruins of downtown San Francisco and outlying refugee camps following the 1906 earthquake and fire. A scene-by-scene description of the film: [Frame: 0102] Begins with a long, pan of down... More
William Randolph Hearst, 1863-1951
3/4 lgth., seated, facing slightly left. Photoprint copyrighted by J.E. Purdy, Boston. No. 2. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; BI; Shelf. William Rando... More
Ruins of San Francisco, 500 feet elevation above Hyde and Green Sts.
Copyright claimant's address: Chicago. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; June 1906.
Rainbow and a distant view of San Francisco beyond hills
Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bernhardt, Sarah, in carriage in San Francisco after the earthquake an...
A black and white photo of a man and woman in a horse drawn carriage. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. Mint after the earthquake, San Francisco, Cal.
Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 1906, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
California Street, from the top of the hill, San Francisco, Cal.
Stereo shows a photographer and assistant setting up a camera on California Street on Nob Hill after the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. H81793 U.S. Copyright Office. Sold only by Griffith & Griffith. No. 4. ... More
Ferry Building, San Francisco, Cal.
Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 1906, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Saving any old thing, San Francisco, California
2 men and 2 boys on street with things salvaged from the San Francisco earthquake and fire. Photo copyrighted by the Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 216. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. C... More
The "Call" Building from Grant Ave., San Francisco, Cal
"3165" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019229. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
San Francisco in flames - showing freaks of the earthquake in the fore...
Man with piece of torn-up street in foreground. Stereo copyrighted by Keystone View Co. No. 13351. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ca. SF Earth; Photog. Index; Shelf.
Picryl description: Public domain image related to industrialrevolutio...
Public domain image with Picryl description as title Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
FRIENDSHIP CHARITY FETE. MRS. HEARST; JOHN R. McLEAN; WILLIAM RANDOLPH...
A black and white photo of a man and two women, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. ... More
San Francisco, California. Cityscape photograph, Panoramic Photograph
J197245 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; W. Wesley Swadley; November 6, 1914.
Panorama of Yacht Harbor, 4/1/14
J192086 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Panama-Pacific International Exposition Co.; April 29, 1914; DLC/PP-1914:44805. No. 1917.
Top of Machinery Hall, April 1, 1914
J193083 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Panama-Pacific International Exposition Co.; April 29, 1914; DLC/PP-1914:44805. No. 1918.
I.J. Paderewski and wife - Public domain print
Photograph shows pianist Ignace Jan Paderewski and his second wife, Helena Paderewska, probably en route to San Francisco in April 1915. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
The gleam of the electric scintillators at night in the Court of Four ...
J203870 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo Copyrighted by Keystone View Co. No. 17805. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Electr.; Exh.; Ph.
KOSTER, FREDERICK JACOB. MFG. OF SAN FRANCISCO
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Women's Life Savings Corps in Action. Artificial respiration. Red Cros...
Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC, Lothers & Young. Taken from files, position incorrect. Group title: First ai... More
Arnold Genthe - Street in Chinatown, San Francisco
Public domain photograph of San Francisco Chinatown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Arnold Genthe - Street corner in Chinatown, San Francisco
Public domain photograph of San Francisco Chinatown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Civic Center and business district, San Francisco, California
Aerial view. J257825 U.S. Copyright Office No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.
Harry Rosen of San Francisco, 41125
Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Company collection is available ... More