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

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.