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Sloop Yacht Kathleen, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

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 Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

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 Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

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 Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

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 Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

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 Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

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 Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

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 Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

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 Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

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 Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

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

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' San Francisco District

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' San Francisco District

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' San Francisco District deployed the MV John A. B. Dillard Jr. and its debris and scuba diving teams to remove a sunken ship out of the federal channel in Noyo Harbor, Calif., Jan. ... More

Coast Guard Cutter John F. McCormick (WPC 1121) crew

Coast Guard Cutter John F. McCormick (WPC 1121) crew

Coast Guard Cutter John F. McCormick (WPC 1121) crew transits through the San Francisco Bay, Saturday, March 4, 2017, during their voyage to homeport in Ketchikan, Alaska. The cutter was named after McCormick w... More

[Spanish-American War, naval ships, San Francisco Bay]

[Spanish-American War, naval ships, San Francisco Bay]

Repository: California Historical Society..Digital Object ID: MSP 717_003.jpg..Collection: Burr-Allyne Family Papers and Photographs..Photographer: Burr, Alice..Date: [1898]..Format: Original negatives are nitr... More

[Spanish-American War, naval ships, San Francisco Bay]

[Spanish-American War, naval ships, San Francisco Bay]

Repository: California Historical Society..Digital Object ID: MSP 717_177.jpg..Collection: Burr-Allyne Family Papers and Photographs..Photographer: Burr, Alice..Date: [1898]..Format: Original negatives are nitr... More

CALIFORNIA-SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA - NARA - 544716

CALIFORNIA-SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA - NARA - 544716

Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

CALIFORNIA-SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA - NARA - 544720

CALIFORNIA-SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA - NARA - 544720

General notes: (added by Wikimedia: image of red truck, in front of Sherwin-Williams billboard, with their traditional logo of the Earth covered by paint, and the slogan "Cover the Earth"

Identification Photograph on Affidavit "In the Matter of Wong Kim Ark, Native Born Citizen of the United States."... - NARA - 296479

Identification Photograph on Affidavit "In the Matter of Wong Kim Ark,...

Scope and content: This is a photograph of Wong Kim Ark from an federal immigration investigation case conducted under the Chinese Exclusion Acts (1882-1943). The administrative decision was appealed into fede... More

No. 113 Yerba Buena Shoals Rock Wall July 9, 1936 Time 12 Noon - NARA - 296375

No. 113 Yerba Buena Shoals Rock Wall July 9, 1936 Time 12 Noon - NARA ...

Scope and content: View from Yerba Buena Island looking North across San Francisco Bay.

Photograph of an Interstate Highway Passing Through Camp Pendleton Marine Base - NARA - 557471

Photograph of an Interstate Highway Passing Through Camp Pendleton Mar...

Scope and content: Original caption: Interstate Highway 5 passes through the Camp Pendleton Marine Base. The shoreline encompassed by the base has retained much of its natural beauty because of limited public ... More

Fox squirrel and scrub jay (6492410089)

Fox squirrel and scrub jay (6492410089)

Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, CA Camera trap photo: Bryan White, USFWS

USS Belle Grove (LSD-2) underway in San Francisco Bay (USA) on 16 August 1943 (NH 107618)

USS Belle Grove (LSD-2) underway in San Francisco Bay (USA) on 16 Augu...

The U.S. Navy dock landing ship USS Belle Grove (LSD-2) undergoing sea trials in San Francisco Bay (USA), on 16 August 1943.

USS Wedderburn (DD-684) underway in San Francisco Bay, California (USA), circa in 1951 (NH 94310)

USS Wedderburn (DD-684) underway in San Francisco Bay, California (USA...

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Wedderburn (DD-684) underway in San Francisco Bay, California (USA), during the early 1950s. She was recommissioned on 21 November 1950 and completed her reactivation work at the Hun... More

COSCO Busan damage 2007

COSCO Busan damage 2007

Photo of the damage to the MV Hanjin Venezia, former COSCO Busan, after striking the San Francisco Bay Bridge, November 7, 2007. IMO Number: 9231743

USCGC Adelie 87333 SFO-Bay

USCGC Adelie 87333 SFO-Bay

The Coast Guard Cutter Adelie (WPB 87333) and a 25' Defender class small boat (25579) enforce the security zone around the air show box in the San Francisco Bay for Fleet Week 2006.

USCGC George Cobb Hosts Young Cancer Patients 121005-G-US251-001

USCGC George Cobb Hosts Young Cancer Patients 121005-G-US251-001

Twelve-year-old Jonathan Seepersad, of Milpitas, snaps a photo of the Blue Angels flying over San Francisco Bay while aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter George Cobb, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. Seepersad was one of ... More

USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) in San Francisco Bay c1945

USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) in San Francisco Bay c1945

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) in San Francisco Bay, California (USA), following the end of World War II, circa late 1945 or early 1946. A blimp is in the background.

FMIB 33405 Chinese Camp, San Francisco Bay

FMIB 33405 Chinese Camp, San Francisco Bay

Chinese Camp, San Francisco Bay Subject: Traditional fishing, Fishers Geographic Subject: United States--California--San Francisco Bay Tag: Traditional Fisheries

"City of Chester" Hit and Sunk By "Oceanic"

"City of Chester" Hit and Sunk By "Oceanic"

Painting of the collision of the Oceanic and the City of Chester, near Fort Point and the Golden Gate in San Francisco Bay, 1888. Signed "Gilbert" by Robert Gilbert, the artist. oil on canvasmedium QS:P186,Q29... More

Architect and engineer (1920) (14596758207)

Architect and engineer (1920) (14596758207)

Identifier: architectenginee6220sanf (find matches) Title: Architect and engineer Year: 1905 (1900s) Authors: Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building Publisher: San Francisco : Architect ... More

California fish and game (20325123048)

California fish and game (20325123048)

Title: California fish and game Identifier: californiafishga38_4cali (find matches) Year: [1] (s) Authors: California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; California. Division of Fis... More

Bureau of Land Management Juan Bautista de Anza NHT (9512515552)

Bureau of Land Management Juan Bautista de Anza NHT (9512515552)

Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail commemorates Spanish Commander Anza’s route taken on the expedition to bring colonists to the San Francisco bay area in 1775-1776. In exploring the trail today, one... More

Grace Cathedral, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall, 1051 Taylor Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Grace Cathedral, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall, 1051 Taylor Stree...

Significance: Constructed in 1911, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall (hereinafter referred to by its common name, Cathedral House) is significant as the first permanent structure built in the Grace Cathedral c... More

Photograph of San Francisco in ruins from Lawrence Captive Airship, 2000 feet above San Francisco Bay overlooking water front. Sunset over Golden [Gat]e

Photograph of San Francisco in ruins from Lawrence Captive Airship, 20...

Copyright claimant's address: Chicago. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; 1906. Exhibit loan 4105-L. Exhibited in: Documenting disaster: photographs of the 1906 San Francisco earthquakes and fire, San Fra... More

Alcatraz, Building No. 64, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Building No. 64, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Fra...

Survey number: HABS CA-1792-G National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000209

Alcatraz, Power Plant, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Power Plant, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francis...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Alcatraz, Laundry Building, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Laundry Building, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Fr...

Survey number: HABS CA-1792-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000209

Golden Gate Bridge, Spanning mouth of San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Golden Gate Bridge, Spanning mouth of San Francisco Bay, San Francisco...

Significance: Spanning one of the World's most spectacular channels, the Golden Gate Bridge is internationally renowned as a superb structural and aesthetic example of suspension bridge design. Survey number: ... More

Golden Gate Bridge, Spanning mouth of San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

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

Sheldon Building, 9-15 First Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

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

Sheldon Building, 9-15 First Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

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

Fort Barry, Signal Corps Radar 296, Station 5, Transmitter Building Foundation, Point Bonita, Marin Headlands, Sausalito, Marin County, CA

Fort Barry, Signal Corps Radar 296, Station 5, Transmitter Building Fo...

Significance: The S.C.R. 296 Station 5 Transmitter Building Foundation is important for its supporting role in the seacoast defenses of the San Francisco Bay. Station 5 supported the S.C.R. 296, a highly sensit... More

Mile Rock Tunnel, Under Forty-eighth Avenue from Cabrillo Street to San Francisco Bay at Point Lobos, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

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

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

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 County, CA

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 County, CA

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

Camp Reynolds, Officers' Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Camp Reynolds, Officers' Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel Isla...

Significance: Camp Reynolds was established on Angel Island in 1863 to enhance the coastal defenses of San Francisco Bay during the Civil War. In 1866 Camp Reynolds became the army's general depot for receivin... More

Camp Reynolds, Officers' Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Camp Reynolds, Officers' Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel Isla...

Significance: Camp Reynolds was established on Angel Island in 1863 to enhance the coastal defenses of San Francisco Bay during the Civil War. In 1866 Camp Reynolds became the army's general depot for receivin... More

Camp Reynolds, Officers' Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Camp Reynolds, Officers' Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel Isla...

Significance: Camp Reynolds was established on Angel Island in 1863 to enhance the coastal defenses of San Francisco Bay during the Civil War. In 1866 Camp Reynolds became the army's general depot for receivin... More

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

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, Solano County, CA

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, Solano County, CA

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, Solano County, CA

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, Solano County, CA

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, Solano County, CA

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, Solano County, CA

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, Solano County, CA

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, Solano County, CA

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

Ferry EUREKA, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

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, CA

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, CA

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

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

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

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

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

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Steam ferryboat employed on San Francisco Bay, and later on Puget Sound. Last remaining steam powered auto ferry of a once larger fleet on the West Coast. Also the last steam powered auto ferry l... More

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Steam ferryboat employed on San Francisco Bay, and later on Puget Sound. Last remaining steam powered auto ferry of a once larger fleet on the West Coast. Also the last steam powered auto ferry l... More

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Steam ferryboat employed on San Francisco Bay, and later on Puget Sound. Last remaining steam powered auto ferry of a once larger fleet on the West Coast. Also the last steam powered auto ferry l... More

Pit 4 Diversion Dam, Pit River west of State Highway 89, Big Bend, Shasta County, CA

Pit 4 Diversion Dam, Pit River west of State Highway 89, Big Bend, Sha...

Significance: The Pit 4 Diversion Dam is important as an original feature of the Pit 3, 4 and 5 Hydroelectric Plant. Pit 4 Dam is an excellent example of early twentieth century hydroelectric architecture and ... More

Pit 4 Diversion Dam, Pit River west of State Highway 89, Big Bend, Shasta County, CA

Pit 4 Diversion Dam, Pit River west of State Highway 89, Big Bend, Sha...

Significance: The Pit 4 Diversion Dam is important as an original feature of the Pit 3, 4 and 5 Hydroelectric Plant. Pit 4 Dam is an excellent example of early twentieth century hydroelectric architecture and ... More

Alcatraz, Cell House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

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

Part of a panorama including Yerba Buena Cove & Goat Island, San Francisco, CA, 1851

Part of a panorama including Yerba Buena Cove & Goat Island, San Franc...

Part eight of an eleven part panorama. View was taken from Rincon Hill per John Kemble. W prints A11.35815.06-.11 are mounted on the same piece of board. Source unknown but possibly from the Peabody Essex Museu... More

Goat Island - San Francisco Bay, from Rincon Hill

Goat Island - San Francisco Bay, from Rincon Hill

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 379. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco General Views. This record contains unverified old dat... More

Untitled (San Francisco) - Early photography, Public domain image

Untitled (San Francisco) - Early photography, Public domain image

Artist: Unknown artist.Creation Date: 19th century.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Gift of Cam and Wanda Garner.Accession Number: 2001.019.014

California (built 1848; paddle steamer-brigantine). San Francisco, CA, circa 1873

California (built 1848; paddle steamer-brigantine). San Francisco, CA,...

Off port quarter of CALIFORNIA, at Pacific Mail Steamship Co. SENATOR (built 1848; paddle steamer-brigantine) second from right. 2 horse drays partly filled with firewood. For more information see scr1c:27.[CR]... More

Unidentified Chinese shrimp junk, beam view, probably on San Francisco Bay, CA, circa 1880-1889

Unidentified Chinese shrimp junk, beam view, probably on San Francisco...

Public domain scan of print depicting a sailboat or small ship, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Second shrimp village north of Point San Pedro, San Francisco Bay, CA, circa 1888-1889

Second shrimp village north of Point San Pedro, San Francisco Bay, CA,...

Source: "Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. National Archives and Records Service: #22-FA-136."

Troops embarking at San Francisco /

Troops embarking at San Francisco /

Shows troops of the First Regiment, California Volunteers, boarding the Pacific Mail steamer City of Peking to serve in the Philippine theater of the Spanish-American War. The film was shot at the Pacific Mail ... More

Hazel Bess Laugenour [i.e., Laugenour] "Neptunes Perfect Girl"

Hazel Bess Laugenour [i.e., Laugenour] "Neptunes Perfect Girl"

Photograph shows vaudeville performer Hazel Bess Laugenour (1892- ?), who was the first woman to swim across the San Francisco Bay on August 11, 1911. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Golden Gate Bridge from the Presidio

Golden Gate Bridge from the Presidio

Golden Gate Bridge from the Presidio

The Dirigible Hanger at Moffett Field

The Dirigible Hanger at Moffett Field

This is a view of the huge dirigible hangar with doors open at both ends at the NASA Ames Reserach Center, Moffett Field, California. Lockheed Missiles and Space Company under contract to the NASA-Marshall Spac... More

California shipyard workers. En route to the shipyards across the bay, tin-hatted San Francisco war workers have time for relaxation and discussion on the fourty-five minute ferry ride to the Richmond Shipbuilding Company yards

California shipyard workers. En route to the shipyards across the bay,...

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

Northern California near San Francisco

Northern California near San Francisco

SL4-138-3843 (1 Jan. 1974) --- A part of northern California centered near San Francisco Bay photographed at 3 p.m. Jan. 2, 1974, from the Skylab space station in Earth orbit. This near vertical view encompasse... More

An aerial port beam view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-65) steaming beneath the Golden Gate Bridge

An aerial port beam view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS E...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Francisco Bay State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Curt Fargo Release Status: Released ... More

Crewmen aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) man the rails as the ship returns to its home port, Naval Air Station, Alameda, California, after a Western Pacific (WESTPAC) deployment

Crewmen aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) man the rail...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Francisco Bay State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Curt Fargo Release Status: Released ... More

A port view, looking forward, of the decommissioned nuclear-powered attack submarine ex-USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) as it is towed toward San Francisco Bay by two YTB 760 class large harbor tugs, no visible. The NAUTILUS will be met near Naval Station, Treasure Island, California, by the fleet tug USS QUAPAW (ATF 110) for towing to Groton, Connecticut

A port view, looking forward, of the decommissioned nuclear-powered at...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Pablo Bay State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Steve Miller Release Status: Released to... More

An aerial starboard bow view of the decommissioned nuclear-powered attack submarine ex-USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) being towed by the large harbor tugs, SKENANDOA (YTB 835) and PUSHMATAHA (YTB 830). The large harbor tug ACCOMAC (YTB 812) is visible in the background

An aerial starboard bow view of the decommissioned nuclear-powered att...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Francisco Bay State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHC John Kristoffersen Release Status: R... More

Vice President George Bush speaks aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) during the Peace in the Pacific celebration commemorating the 40th anniversary of the end of the war with Japan. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and Mrs. George Bush are seated to the right of the podium and Admiral James D. Watkins, chief of naval Operations, is seated to the left. Passing in review in the background is the tank landing ship USS FREDERICK (LST 1184)

Vice President George Bush speaks aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft ...

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

Vice President George Bush reenlists 11 members of the crew aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65). Vice President Bush is aboard the ENTERPRISE participating in the Peace in the Pacific celebration commemorating the 40th anniversary of the end of the war with Japan

Vice President George Bush reenlists 11 members of the crew aboard the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Francisco Bay State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Harold J. Gerwien Release Status: Re... More

Overhead view of a joint services honor guard participating in the Peace in the Pacific celebration aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65). The celebration commemorates the 40th anniversary of the end of the war with Japan

Overhead view of a joint services honor guard participating in the Pea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Francisco Bay State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 M. Grube Release Status: Released to... More

An elevated view of the decommissioned nuclear-powered attack submarine USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) passing under the Golden Gate Bridge under tow by the fleet tug USS QUAPAW (ATF 110).  The NAUTILUS is being towed to Naval Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut, where it will become a memorial at the Submarine Force Library and Museum

An elevated view of the decommissioned nuclear-powered attack submarin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Francisco Bay State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Joan Zopf, Uan Release Status: Relea... More

Crew members man the rail of the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB 62) as the ship enters port

Crew members man the rail of the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB 62) as ...

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

A starboard view of the ammunition ship USS SHASTA (AE 33) underway in San Francisco Bay

A starboard view of the ammunition ship USS SHASTA (AE 33) underway in...

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

S40-74-094 - STS-040 - Earth observations

S40-74-094 - STS-040 - Earth observations

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-40 earth observations. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-40, COLUMBIA (ORBITER) Date Taken: 6... More

S39-612-036 - STS-039 - STS-39 earth observations

S39-612-036 - STS-039 - STS-39 earth observations

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-39 earth observations. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) STS-39 Date Taken: 4/29/1991 0:00 Catego... More

A fire boat sprays water to welcome the hospital ship USNS MERCY (T-AH-19) while a U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue boat escorts the vessel. The MERCY is returning from deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

A fire boat sprays water to welcome the hospital ship USNS MERCY (T-AH...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: San Francisco Bay State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: P... More

Biplanes comprising an aerobatic team fly over the hospital ship USNS MERCY (T-AH-19) as the vessel returns from deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

Biplanes comprising an aerobatic team fly over the hospital ship USNS ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: San Francisco Bay State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: P... More

A Navy repairman, behind an eye protective shield, grinds a part at the Ship Intermediate Maintenance Activity (SIMA) at Naval Air Station Alameda. EXACT DATE SHOT UNKNOWN

A Navy repairman, behind an eye protective shield, grinds a part at th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Francisco Bay State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 W. V. W. Davis Release Status: Relea... More

Air-to-air, front view of a 60th Airlift Wing C-5B Galaxy airlifter, flying over coastline with San Francisco Bay, the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco in the background. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Air-to-air, front view of a 60th Airlift Wing C-5B Galaxy airlifter, f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ken Hackman Release Status: Released... More

A starboard bow view of the experimental stealth ship SEA SHADOW underway in San Francisco Bay

A starboard bow view of the experimental stealth ship SEA SHADOW under...

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

A port bow view of the experimental stealth ship SEA SHADOW underway in San Francisco Bay

A port bow view of the experimental stealth ship SEA SHADOW underway i...

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

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