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San Francisco: Paris of the WestCreated by: PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search EngineDated: 2016
Aerial view of San Francisco, California, at dusk
Originally a Spanish (later Mexican) mission and pueblo, it was conquered by the United States in 1846 and by an invading army of prospectors following the 1848 discovery of gold in its hinterland. The Gold Rush made San Francisco a cosmopolitan metropolis with a frontier edge. In early 1900s the city tried to remake itself into a grand and modern Paris of the West.
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The Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, San Francisco, California

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

San Francisco, Calif. - China Town, Sacramento St.

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

General view (looking northeast) Headquarters Presidio Reservation, San Francisco, California. The Presidio in the 1870's matches ground plan. Triple-story bachelor officer quarter is on right, original Presidio building is left of center in picture (behind horse-drawn wood cart). Alcatraz is at the right edge of the picture in this view to north-northeast down center of the parade ground. At the right of the flag pole is the hospital, dating from 1854 and still at the original site. Post was inspected in 1866 when it had 1,156 officers and men in 16 companies, 14 of them preparing for duty in Arizona."

General view (looking northeast) Headquarters Presidio Reservation, Sa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public C... More

[Frances Benjamin Johnston, with Maddie (her mother), 1903, with a painted backdrop of the Cliff House in San Francisco, California ]

[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.

Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Cal.

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.

San Francisco, California. Cityscape photograph,  Panoramic Photograph

San Francisco, California. Cityscape photograph, Panoramic Photograph

J197245 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; W. Wesley Swadley; November 6, 1914.

Employment agency. San Francisco

Employment agency. San Francisco

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Scene along "Skid Row." Howard Street, San Francisco, California

Scene along "Skid Row." Howard Street, San Francisco, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Longshoremen's lunch hour. San Francisco waterfront, California

Longshoremen's lunch hour. San Francisco waterfront, California

Public domain photograph of San Francisco streets, landmark historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

San Francisco (Calif.) evacuation - Two Japanese boys, one with strip "Remember Pearl Harbor" on his hat, wave good-bye [while] awaiting the bus

San Francisco (Calif.) evacuation - Two Japanese boys, one with strip ...

Signal Corps photo no. 9CA-42-1115-PSF. No. S635. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Victory Gardens--for family and country. Hopscotch has been supplanted by a new and serious game for these Girl Scouts--it's called Plant the Victory Garden. Like thousands of other school-age youngsters, Pat Nelson, Doris Laclair and Barbara Redford, all of San Francisco, are enthusiastic participants in the nation-wide Food for Victory campaign. Doris seems to be jumping the gun slightly, but at this stage cookies are more palatable than embryonic cabbages

Victory Gardens--for family and country. Hopscotch has been supplanted...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge at dusk. San Francisco, California

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge at dusk. San Francisco, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chinatown, San Francisco, California

Chinatown, San Francisco, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. San Francisco Chinatown is the largest Chinatown outside of Asia as well as the oldest Chinatown in North America. It is one of the top tourist attraction... More

A typical scene of houses located on one of the hills in San Francisco, California

A typical scene of houses located on one of the hills in San Francisco...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

[Two men cleaning street, horse-drawn wagon and damaged buildings in the background, after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake]

[Two men cleaning street, horse-drawn wagon and damaged buildings in t...

Inscribed in lower right corner: 7. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 128.

Photograph of the West Front of the New Chronicle Building Showing Damage by the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, 1906

Photograph of the West Front of the New Chronicle Building Showing Dam...

Original Caption: Photograph of the West Front of the New Chronicle Building Showing Damage by the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, 1906..Created By: U.S. Senate. Committee on Printing. (12/15/1841 - 1946)..Fr... More

Unemployed men sitting on the sunny side of the San Francisco Public Library. California

Unemployed men sitting on the sunny side of the San Francisco Public L...

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Listening to speeches at mass meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers protesting congressional cut of relief appropriations. San Francisco, California

Listening to speeches at mass meeting of Works Progress Administration...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Civilian exclusion order #5, posted at First and Front streets, directing removal by April 7 of persons of Japanese ancestry, from the first San Francisco section to be affected by evacuation

Civilian exclusion order #5, posted at First and Front streets, direct...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and photo mount. Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-40. "OWI V 76." Forms part of: Farm Security A... More

San Francisco, California. Bank of America victory bond ad

San Francisco, California. Bank of America victory bond ad

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[The Evolutionary Rainbow mural by Yana Zegri in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, San Francisco, California]

[The Evolutionary Rainbow mural by Yana Zegri in the Haight-Ashbury ne...

Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Artist name and mural title from San Francisco Mural Arts website, 2013. Date and keywords provided by the photographer. Street ... More

Aerial view of San Francisco, California, with a focus on the waterfront

Aerial view of San Francisco, California, with a focus on the waterfro...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Funky brake shop, San Francisco, California

Funky brake shop, San Francisco, California

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords based on information provided... More

Mission Dolores, San Francisco, California

Mission Dolores, San Francisco, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Mission Dolores has always had a central place in the religious, civic, and cultural life of San Francisco. Misión San Francisco de Asís was founded June ... More

Penguins at the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California

Penguins at the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, Califor...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, P... More

The Castro District, a neighborhood in Eureka Valley in San Francisco, California

The Castro District, a neighborhood in Eureka Valley in San Francisco,...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Commonly referenced as The Castro, it is one of the United States' first and best-known gay neighborhoods, and it is currently the largest. Credit line: T... More

The Sutro Baths, San Francisco, California

The Sutro Baths, San Francisco, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, excavation or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

2012 Gay Pride Parade, San Francisco, California

2012 Gay Pride Parade, San Francisco, California

The San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Celebration, usually known as San Francisco Pride, is a parade and festival held at the end of June each year in San Francisco to celebrate the lesbia... More

The Belle, San Francisco, California

The Belle, San Francisco, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The Belle, a landmark that evokes the cityÆs turn-of-the-century Barbary Coast energy. The 292-foot sternwheeler features Art Nouveau style on all three e... More

[Muni light rail transit car at Embarcadero, with Bay Bridge in background. San Francisco, California]

[Muni light rail transit car at Embarcadero, with Bay Bridge in backgr...

Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; The Capital Group Companies Charitable... More

Red Coca Cola sign in San Francisco, California

Red Coca Cola sign in San Francisco, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Arnold Genthe - In the heart of modern Chinatown, San Francisco, Calif.

Arnold Genthe - In the heart of modern Chinatown, San Francisco, Calif...

JO 3216 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 32323. 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 ... More

Mt. Tamalpais, near, San Francisco, Calif.

Mt. Tamalpais, near, San Francisco, Calif.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage California postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Panorama of San Francisco taken from the tower of the house of Mrs. Mark Hopkins

Panorama of San Francisco taken from the tower of the house of Mrs. Ma...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic city, cityscape, street view, buildings, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Photograph of the Effect of Earthquake on Houses After the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, 1906

Photograph of the Effect of Earthquake on Houses After the 1906 San Fr...

Original Caption: Photograph of the Effect of Earthquake on Houses Built on Loose or Made Ground After the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, 1906..Created By: U.S. Senate. Committee on Printing. (12/15/1841 - 1946... More

[Block of burned buildings in San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake with fire truck spraying water on them]

[Block of burned buildings in San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake ...

H78972 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by J.G. Munson. Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph of a Group Cooking on a Stove in the Street After the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, 1906

Photograph of a Group Cooking on a Stove in the Street After the 1906 ...

Original Caption: No. 50. Chimneys were destroyed and cooking in houses was prohibited...Created By: U.S. Senate. Committee on Printing. (12/15/1841 - 1946)..From: Record Group/Collection: 46..From: Committee ... More

Hall of Justice on Kearney St. - Public domain dedication image

Hall of Justice on Kearney St. - Public domain dedication image

Title: Hall of Justice on Kearney St...Alternative Title: Hall of Justice on Kearney Street..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic prin... More

Photograph of a Typical Bread Line in the Early Stages of Relief Distribution After the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, 1906

Photograph of a Typical Bread Line in the Early Stages of Relief Distr...

Original Caption: Photograph of a Typical Bread Line in the Early Stages of Relief Distribution After the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, 1906..Created By: U.S. Senate. Committee on Printing. (12/15/1841 - 1946)... More

The Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, San Francisco, California

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

Richard Nixon wears a hard hat and speaks with a worker while visiting the Bethleham Steel plant in San Francisco, California

Richard Nixon wears a hard hat and speaks with a worker while visiting...

Photographic Materials Public domain photograph of the US industrial development, work of U.S. government, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cable car nears the top of Hyde Street, San Francisco, California

Cable car nears the top of Hyde Street, San Francisco, California

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Carol M. Highsmith - Row houses, San Francisco, California

Carol M. Highsmith - Row houses, San Francisco, California

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Air to air front view of 60th Military Airlift Wing's C-141 Starlifter is silhouetted against the sun reflected off the ocean near San Francisco, California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Air to air front view of 60th Military Airlift Wing's C-141 Starlifter...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Ken Hackman Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

San Francisco, California's most famous twins, Marian (left) and Vivian Brown, photographed in the 1990s, enjoy afternoon tea

San Francisco, California's most famous twins, Marian (left) and Vivia...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Cable car in historic Chinatown in San Francisco, California

Cable car in historic Chinatown in San Francisco, California

Public domain photograph of San Francisco Chinatown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View from the Top of the Mark Restaurant at the Mark Hopkins Intercontinental Hotel located on Nob Hill, San Francisco, California

View from the Top of the Mark Restaurant at the Mark Hopkins Intercont...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Fisherman's wharf, Pier 39, San Francisco, California

Fisherman's wharf, Pier 39, San Francisco, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, California

Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, California

Public domain photograph of San Francisco, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Sutro Baths, San Francisco, California

The Sutro Baths, San Francisco, California

The Sutro Baths were a large, privately owned indoor swimming pool complex in San Francisco, California, built in the late 19th century. The building housing the baths burned down in 1966. Title, date, and keyw... More

[Mural: San Fran, by Cuba, located in Clarion Alley, San Francisco, California]

[Mural: San Fran, by Cuba, located in Clarion Alley, San Francisco, Ca...

Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Artist name and mural title from San Francisco Mural Arts website, 2013. Date and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit ... More

[History of San Francisco mural "Conquistadors Discover the Pacific" by Anton Refregier at Rincon Annex Post Office located near the Embarcadero at 101 Spear Street, San Francisco, California]

[History of San Francisco mural "Conquistadors Discover the Pacific" b...

Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Mural title and artist name from San Francisco Mural Arts website, 2013. Date and keywords provided by the photographer. The Rin... More

Music Pavilion, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.

Music Pavilion, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage California postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Conservatory, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.

Conservatory, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.

Public domain photo of vintage California postcard, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Golden Gate Ave, Near Hyde St. - Public domain dedication image

Golden Gate Ave, Near Hyde St. - Public domain dedication image

Title: Golden Gate Ave, Near Hyde St...Alternative Title: Golden Gate Avenue, Near Hyde Street..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic p... More

International Workers Day May 1st rally, 1PM, Dolores Park

International Workers Day May 1st rally, 1PM, Dolores Park

Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bill Graham presents in San Francisco Otis Rush & his Chicago Blues Band, Grateful Dead The Canned Heat Blues Band ... February 24, 25, 26 ... at the Fillmore / / Wes Wilson.

Bill Graham presents in San Francisco Otis Rush & his Chicago Blues Ba...

Print shows psychedelic design with woman's facial profile and hair. Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hyde Street Pier, an exhibit at San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park near Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, California

Hyde Street Pier, an exhibit at San Francisco Maritime National Histor...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Here, ferries once connected US Highway 101 with the Re... More

Detailed view of Chinatown in San Francisco, California

Detailed view of Chinatown in San Francisco, California

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Presidio pet cemetery, San Francisco, California

Presidio pet cemetery, San Francisco, California

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Aerial view of Air Mobility Command's C-5 Galaxy assigned to the 60th Airlift Wing, Travis Air Force Base flying over the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Aerial view of Air Mobility Command's C-5 Galaxy assigned to the 60th ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Jose Lopez Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

[History of San Francisco mural "Torchlight Procession" by Anton Refregier at Rincon Annex Post Office located near the Embarcadero at 101 Spear Street, San Francisco, California]

[History of San Francisco mural "Torchlight Procession" by Anton Refre...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during the Great Depression. The program put people t... More

V.C. Morris shop, San Francisco, California

V.C. Morris shop, San Francisco, California

Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948. Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase... More

The Japanese Tea Garden, located inside Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California

The Japanese Tea Garden, located inside Golden Gate Park, San Francisc...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Originally created as a "Japanese Village" exhibit for the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition. When the fair closed, Japanese landscape ar... More

Buena Vista Park, San Francisco, California

Buena Vista Park, San Francisco, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

[Cable exhibit at the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California]

[Cable exhibit at the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California]

The bridge, declared one of the modern Wonders of the World by the American Society of Engineers, links San Francisco to Marin County. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in C... More

Skyline views in San Francisco, California

Skyline views in San Francisco, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Pier in San Francisco, California

Pier in San Francisco, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

2012 Gay Pride Parade, San Francisco, California

2012 Gay Pride Parade, San Francisco, California

The San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Celebration, usually known as San Francisco Pride, is a parade and festival held at the end of June each year in San Francisco to celebrate the lesbia... More

View from the Top of the Mark Restaurant at the Mark Hopkins Intercontinental Hotel located on Nob Hill, San Francisco, California

View from the Top of the Mark Restaurant at the Mark Hopkins Intercont...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The bridge, declared one of the modern Wonders of the World by the American Society of Engineers, links San Francisco to Marin County. Credit line: The Jo... More

Clown from the Carnaval San Francisco, an annual street parade and festival in San Francisco, California on the last weekend in May

Clown from the Carnaval San Francisco, an annual street parade and fes...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Pr... More

Ruins of City Hall, [1906 earthquake, San Francisco, Calif.]

Ruins of City Hall, [1906 earthquake, San Francisco, Calif.]

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

REO Mountaineer, New York to San Francisco and back

REO Mountaineer, New York to San Francisco and back

Public domain image of an early automobile, 1910s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Aviation, Latham over San Francisco

Aviation, Latham over San Francisco

Photograph shows airplane flying over cityscape and harbor. Public domain photograph of propeller aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

California, San Francisco. Panama-Pacific Int. Exp. View of Tower of Jewels from Festival Hall

California, San Francisco. Panama-Pacific Int. Exp. View of Tower of J...

Stereo copyrighted by Keystone View Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Exhibitions.

Mural in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, San Francisco, California

Mural in 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

Sheraton Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California

Sheraton Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place, world heritage building, classical or neoclassical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Castro district at night, San Francisco, California

Castro district at night, San Francisco, California

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Golden Gate Bridge, looking north toward Marin County, California

Golden Gate Bridge, looking north toward Marin County, California

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California

Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Candlestick Park in the forefront of this aerial taken of San Francisco, California

Candlestick Park in the forefront of this aerial taken of San Francisc...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Photograph taken during the 1980s. Title, date, subject... More

The Japanese Tea Garden, located inside Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California

The Japanese Tea Garden, located inside Golden Gate Park, San Francisc...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Originally created as a "Japanese Village" exhibit for the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition. When the fair closed, Japanese landscape ar... More

The Japanese Tea Garden, located inside Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California

The Japanese Tea Garden, located inside Golden Gate Park, San Francisc...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Originally created as a "Japanese Village" exhibit for the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition. When the fair closed, Japanese landscape ar... More

[History of San Francisco mural "Preaching and Farming at Mission Dolores" by Anton Refregier at Rincon Annex Post Office located near the Embarcadero at 101 Spear Street, San Francisco, California]

[History of San Francisco mural "Preaching and Farming at Mission Dolo...

Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Mural title and artist name from San Francisco Mural Arts website, 2013. Date and keywords provided by the photographer. The Ri... More

Aerial view of neighborhoods in San Francisco, California

Aerial view of neighborhoods in San Francisco, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

The San Francisco Women's Building is a landmark internationally recognized for its mural, MaestraPeace, which honors women's contributions around the world

The San Francisco Women's Building is a landmark internationally recog...

Mural painted in 1994 by Juana Alicia, Miranda Bergman, Edythe Boone, Susan Kelk Cervantes, Meera Desai, Yvonne Littleton and Irene Perez, and others Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Cred... More

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, San Francisco, California

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, San Francisco, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The eastern span replacement of the Bay Bridge has been under construction since 2002. It is scheduled to open to traffic in 2013. Credit line: The Jon B.... More

[History of San Francisco mural "Beating the Chinese" by Anton Refregier at Rincon Annex Post Office located near the Embarcadero at 101 Spear Street, San Francisco, California]

[History of San Francisco mural "Beating the Chinese" by Anton Refregi...

Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Mural title and artist name from San Francisco Mural Arts website, 2013. Date and keywords provided by the photographer. The Rin... More

Market Street, San Francisco, Calif., Vintage Postcard by Detroit Publishing Co.

Market Street, San Francisco, Calif., Vintage Postcard by Detroit Publ...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage California postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The beach and Cliff House, San Francisco

The beach and Cliff House, San Francisco

Photo shows a crowd on the beach in the foreground, with the Cliff House in the background. H18445 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Effect of the earthquake on dwelling houses, San Francisco, Calif.

Effect of the earthquake on dwelling houses, San Francisco, Calif.

Photograph by the Detroit Publishing Co. No. 9348; no orig. negatives. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Captio... More

San Francisco from captive airship, 1908

San Francisco from captive airship, 1908

H111013 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; May 25, 1908. Copyright claimant's address: Chicago.

"Skid Row." Howard Street, the street of the unemployed in San Francisco, California

"Skid Row." Howard Street, the street of the unemployed in San Francis...

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. At Minna Street the army forms a semi-circle and sings to attract a crowd

Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. At Minna Street the army fo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th-century, the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

War poster on wall in Chinatown. San Francisco, California

War poster on wall in Chinatown. San Francisco, California

Public domain photograph of San Francisco Chinatown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Medusa mural by Lango in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, San Francisco, California]

[Medusa mural by Lango in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, San Francis...

Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Artist name and mural title from San Francisco Mural Arts website, 2013. Date and keywords provided by the photographer. Street ... More

Skyline view of San Francisco, California, with the Transamerica Pyramid as the focus

Skyline view of San Francisco, California, with the Transamerica Pyram...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The Transamerica Pyramid is the tallest skyscraper in t... More

An old lighthouse stands on a spit of land at the Marina, San Francisco, California

An old lighthouse stands on a spit of land at the Marina, San Francisc...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

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