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South Park-San Francisco, Stereoscope Card

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View on Oak Knoll Farm, near Napa, Napa County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 765. LOT subdivision subject: Napa County. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Golden Gate Park, Bounded by Fulton Street, Stanyan Street, Fell Stree...

2016 HALS Challenge Entry: Documenting National Register Listed Landscapes 2016 Leicester B. Holland Prize, Entry Significance: Golden Gate Park, begun in 1871, has national significance as one of the pioneerin... More

Glacier Processes: Lyell Glacier (Yosemite National Park) Retreat

Photo pairs show the retreat of the Lyell Glacier (Yosemite National Park) from 1883 to 2015. Park scientists throughout the National Park Service study glaciers to understand the effects of climate change in t... More

Golden Gate Park & conservatory. Lone Mountain

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Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: 1975 Addition, 1821-1924; Financial pape...

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: 1975 Addition, 1821-1924; Financial pape...

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: 1975 Addition, 1821-1924; Financial pape...

Views at John Muir National Historic Site, California

The Site preserves the 14 room mansion where the naturalist John Muir lived from 1890 to his death in 1914. While living in Martinez, Muir accomplished many things: he battled to prevent Yosemite National Park'... More

Views at John Muir National Historic Site, California

The Site preserves the 14 room mansion where the naturalist John Muir lived from 1890 to his death in 1914. While living in Martinez, Muir accomplished many things: he battled to prevent Yosemite National Park'... More

Views at John Muir National Historic Site, California

The Site preserves the 14 room mansion where the naturalist John Muir lived from 1890 to his death in 1914. While living in Martinez, Muir accomplished many things: he battled to prevent Yosemite National Park'... More

Views at John Muir National Historic Site, California

The Site preserves the 14 room mansion where the naturalist John Muir lived from 1890 to his death in 1914. While living in Martinez, Muir accomplished many things: he battled to prevent Yosemite National Park'... More

Conservatory, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, U.S.A

Copyright 1892 by Underwood & Underwood. On mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, Baltimore, Md; Ottowa, Kas.; El Paso, Tex. U.S.A.; Toronto, Canada; Liverpool, Eng.

Alvord Lake and tunnel / Albertype Co., N.Y.

Alvord Lake and tunnel in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California. Illus. in: The Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, illus. 1. Copyright by A. Witteman, 67869 Spring St., New York.

Arnold Genthe - A picnic on Portsmouth Square, Chinatown, San Francisc...

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 - A picnic on Portsmouth Square, Chinatown, San Francisc...

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 - A picnic on Portsmouth Square, Chinatown, San Francisc...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arnold Genthe - A picnic on Portsmouth Square, Chinatown, San Francisc...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arnold Genthe - On Portsmouth Square, Chinatown, San Francisco

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Arnold Genthe - On Portsmouth Square, 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

East Side Park, Los Angeles view, photochrome print postcard.

Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51201". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz

West Side Park, Los Angeles view, photochrome print postcard.

Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51202". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz

Park with Spanish-American War monument, Los Angeles, Calif.

Photograph shoqws Central Park with the Temple Auditorium and the Auditorium Hotel on the right (source: J. Vogel, 2006). Title devised by cataloger. "Pasadena trip, seeing Pasadena by bus" on banner on bus. De... More

Library Park, Soldiers' Monument & Pub[lic] Lib[rary], Pasadena, Cal.

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Library Park, Soldiers' Monument & Public Library, Pasadena, Cal

No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Park with Spanish-American War monument, Los Angeles, Calif.]

Photograph shoqws Central Park with the Temple Auditorium and the Auditorium Hotel on the right (source: J. Vogel, 2006).

Hollenbeck Park, Los Angeles view, photochrome print postcard.

Copyright 1901 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list: Hollenbeck Park, LA. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51397". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Pr... More

Sunday afternoon, Golden Gate Park, S. F.

Photograph shows groups of people resting on the lawn, crowds of people riding in horse and carriages, and in the distance a monument. No. 53.

"Y.M.C.A. Group" - Dedicated in 1887, Big Trees, Santa Cruz, Californi...

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

[San Mateo Park. Historic map, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 44 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 650/2

"Y.M.C.A. group" - dedicated in 1887, Big Trees, Santa Cruz, Californi...

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Y.M.C.A. group, Big Trees Park, Santa Cruz, Calif.

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Modjeska's ranch garden

H128091 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Wade Wineman, Chicago, Ill. Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oxnard, Cal., 1909. Cityscape photograph, Panoramic Photograph

J130546 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; August 7, 1909. Copyright claimant's address: Los Angeles, Cal.

Woodward's Gardens, Mission & 14th Sts. / Turrell and Miller, San Fran...

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

HFCA 1607_NPS Employees, Women_485.jpg

NPS employees working in the field in Parks as laboratories that was funded by National Park Foundation and Pew in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

Martinez Adobe Porch - National Parks Gallery

Martinez Adobe Porch Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Night Sky Explorers - National Parks Gallery

The National Park Service has developed a Junior Ranger Night Explorer program, encouraging young park visitors to explore the dark side of their national parks. Children can learn how to find the North Star,... More

Sequoia Park, Military, Activities in Parks, Convoy Scenes. Giant Fore...

SEKI Historic Image Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sequoia Park, Military, Activities in Parks, Convoy Scenes. Giant Fore...

SEKI Historic Image Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sequoia Park, Military, Activities in Parks, Convoy Scenes. Ash Mtn. E...

SEKI Historic Image Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

["Arcady," George Owen Knapp house, Sycamore Canyon Road, Montecito, C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of trees, forest, park, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

["Piranhurst," Henry Ernest Bothin house, 371 Cold Spring Road, Montec...

Site History. House Architecture: Italianate villa by F. Garvin Hudson, begun 1914 for Henry Ernest Bothin. Bothin purchased the property in 1910 from Daniel E. Richardson. Landscape: Joseph J. Whipple and Jame... More

["Newmar," Senator George Almer Newhall house, 1761 Manor Drive, Hills...

Site History. House: Lewis Parsons Hobart, completed 1913. Landscape: Lewis Parsons Hobart, completed 1913, on twenty acres. Associated Name: Caroline Taylor (Mrs. George Almer). Newhall. Other: Later called "... More

["Kimberly Crest," John Alfred Kimberly house, 1325 Prospect Drive, Re...

Site History. House Architecture: French revival chateau, Dennis & Farwell, built 1897. Landscape: George Edwin Bergstrom, after 1905. Associated Name: Helen Cheney (Mrs. J. Alfred) Kimberly. Other: House built... More

[Myron Hunt house, 200 North Grand Avenue, Pasadena, California. View ...

Site History. House Architecture: Myron Hunt, 1905. Landscape: Myron Hunt, from 1905. Today: Garden not extant; house is a private residence. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. ... More

[Myron Hunt house, 200 North Grand Avenue, Pasadena, California. Pergo...

Site History. House Architecture: Myron Hunt, 1905. Landscape: Myron Hunt, from 1905. Today: Garden not extant; house is a private residence. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. ... More

[Wellington Stanley Morse house, 450 South San Rafael Avenue, San San ...

Site History. House Architecture: Reginald Davis Johnson, built 1919. Landscape: Paul George Thiene, 1919. Associated Name: Cora Dorr (Mrs. Wellington S.) Morse. Today: House extant, garden redesigned. Title, d... More

Pasadena, California, Mrs. Herbert Coppell home - view of formal lawn,...

Site History. House: Bertram Grovesnor Goodhue, built 1916; Carlton Monroe Winslow, supervising architect. Landscape: Paul George Thiene, 1916. Associated Name: Georgia Myers (Mrs. Herbert) Coppell. Today: Hous... More

[Mrs. Francis Lemoine Loring house, 700 South San Rafael Avenue, San R...

Site History. House Architecture: Originally designed for W.H. Bailey by Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey, 1906. Landscape: Myron Hunt completed, 1917. Associated Name: Anna-William Loring. Today: Garden not extant. ... More

["Las Tejas," Oakleigh Thorne house, 170 Picacho Lane, Montecito, Cali...

Site History. House Architecture: Remodel and addition to existing adobe house, designed by William Alston Hayne II, by Francis W. Wilson after purchase by Oakleigh Thorne in 1917. Landscape: Helen S. (Mrs. Oak... More

["Las Tejas," Oakleigh Thorne house, 170 Picacho Lane, Montecito, Cali...

Site History. House Architecture: Remodel and addition to existing adobe house, designed by William Alston Hayne II, by Francis W. Wilson after purchase by Oakleigh Thorne in 1917. Landscape: Helen S. (Mrs. Oak... More

Cooper's Rock, Cooper's Rock, West Virginia State Forest, near Morgant...

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Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite National Park, California

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage California postcard.

Beautiful Westlake Park, Los Angeles, California

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Bridge across the south fork of the Kings River along the Kings Canyon...

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Hollenbeck Park, Los Angeles, California

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Lincoln park, showing city hall, Long Beach, Calif.

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World famous, La Brea Pits, Los Angeles, Calif.

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Wilshire Boulevard, through Westlake Park, Los Angeles, California

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El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California

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Fountain in Beverly Gardens, Beverly Hills, California

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Wilshire Blvd., looking though Westlake Park, Los Angeles, Calif.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage California postcard.

Beautiful Woodminster, high in the Hills, Oakland, Calif.

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The General's Highway connecting Kings Canyon National Park and Sequoi...

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Upper and lower Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California

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Vernal Falls, Yosemite National Park, California

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Brookside Park, Rose Bowl in background, Pasadena, California

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Canoeing on the lake, Hollenbeck Park, Los Angeles

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Yosemite Falls and the Merced River, Yosemite National Park, Californi...

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General Sherman Tree, Sequoia National Park, California

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage California postcard.

Christmas ceremonies at base of the "General Grant Tree" (The nation's...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage California postcard.

Cathedral Rock, Bar Harbor, Acadia National Park, Mt. Desert Island, M...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage Maine postcard.

Flowers in bloom, Beverly Gardens, Beverly Hills, California

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage California postcard.

Vista general de la Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino, Santa Marta, Col....

Picryl description: Public domain image of a palace, villa, or large historic building, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Kings Canyon Highway from trail to Boyden Caves, National Forest, Cali...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage California postcard.

Yaquina Lighthouse, Oregon coast. Beverly Hills, Hollywood, California...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage Arizona postcard.

Municipal auditorium park grounds, Long Beach, California

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage California postcard.

Wilshire Blvd., from La Fayette Park, Los Angeles, Calif.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage California postcard.

Balboa Park, San Diego, California - the Botanical Gardens

No. 32669. Public domain scan of drawing, 20th-century botanical illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Forty Acres, 30168 Garces Highway (Northwest Corner of Garces Highway ...

Significance: Forty Acres is closely associated with the life of Cesar Chavez and the history of the farm worker movement he led from 1962 until his death in 1993. Located on the outskirts of Delano, California... More

Mission San Juan Capistrano, Fountain, Olive Street, between U.S. High...

See also HABS No. CA-331-D for additional photo. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-17 Survey number: HABS CA-331-C National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000170

Wallace Libbey Hardison House, Stable, 1226 Ojia Road, Santa Paula, Ve...

2017 Leicester B. Holland Prize, First Place Significance: Wallace Libbey Hardison was the youngest of eight children, born in 1850 in Caribou, Maine. He followed his brother, James Henry, to work the oil field... More

View of landscaping, Sonoma migrant camp. California

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Laundry facilities at Westley camp for migratory labor. San Joaquin Va...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic park, open terrace, world heritage landmark, classical or neoclassical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wayfarers Chapel, also known as "The Glass Church" is located in Ranch...

Noted for its unique modern architecture and location on cliffs above the Pacific Ocean, it is part of the Swedenborgian Church of North America and serves as a memorial to its founder, Emanuel Swedenborg. The ... More

Views of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California

The Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) is one of the largest urban national parks in the world. The total park area is 75,398 acres of land and water. Approximately 28 miles of coastline lie within it... More

Views of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California

The Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) is one of the largest urban national parks in the world. The total park area is 75,398 acres of land and water. Approximately 28 miles of coastline lie within it... More

Views of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California

The Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) is one of the largest urban national parks in the world. The total park area is 75,398 acres of land and water. Approximately 28 miles of coastline lie within it... More

Views of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California

The Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) is one of the largest urban national parks in the world. The total park area is 75,398 acres of land and water. Approximately 28 miles of coastline lie within it... More

Views of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California

The Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) is one of the largest urban national parks in the world. The total park area is 75,398 acres of land and water. Approximately 28 miles of coastline lie within it... More

Views of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California

The Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) is one of the largest urban national parks in the world. The total park area is 75,398 acres of land and water. Approximately 28 miles of coastline lie within it... More

Views of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California

The Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) is one of the largest urban national parks in the world. The total park area is 75,398 acres of land and water. Approximately 28 miles of coastline lie within it... More

Entrance to Cooper Molera Adobe, Monterey, California

Public domain photograph of park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carol M. Highsmith - Balboa Park, San Diego, 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. The 1915-16 Panama-California Exposition commemorated t... More

Views of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California

The Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) is one of the largest urban national parks in the world. The total park area is 75,398 acres of land and water. Approximately 28 miles of coastline lie within it... More

Skeet ball hole, Castle Park Golf, Sherman Oaks, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library ... More

Circular hole with stone wall, Fountain Valley mini golf, Fountain Val...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library ... More

Fountain Valley mini golf, Fountain Valley, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Mini golf. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograp... More

Rosa Parks, Danny J. Bakewell, Tony Nicholas at a Brotherhood Crusade ...

Forms part of: Visual Materials from the Rosa Parks Papers (Library of Congress).