![A new and finer crown for California / CH [monogram].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMjQvYS1uZXctYW5kLWZpbmVyLWNyb3duLWZvci1jYWxpZm9ybmlhLWNoLW1vbm9ncmFtLWNiODg5ZS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "A new and finer crown for California / CH [monogram].")
A new and finer crown for California / CH [monogram].
Illustration shows a female figure holding out a crown labeled "The New Frisco", fashioned after a city skyline; a bear sits on the ground next to her and, in the background, are 16th or 17th century sailing sh... More
Defense of the California Bank - Public domain book illustration, Libr...
A mildly jingoistic satire voicing American suspicions of foreign designs on California after the discovery of gold there in 1848. The bay and coastline of San Francisco are shown, menaced by foreign invaders ... More
Official map of San Francisco. - Public domain old map
Scale 1:6,600; 550 English ft. to the in. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Cadastral map. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1849 by Henry Reed." Available also through the Library of Cong... More
Official map of San Francisco, compiled from the field notes of the of...
Scale 1:6,600. Cadastral map. LC copy designed to show by color land grant and claims. LC copy not colored. Vault AACR2
Official map of San Francisco compiled from the field notes of the off...
Manuscript; pen-and-ink, watercolor, and pencil corrections. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Cadastral map. "Presented to the Senators and Representatives from California by Wm. M. Eddy, city surveyor, ... More
![[Full-length studio portrait of unidentified man.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn6/L3Bob3RvLzIwMjEvMTAvMjUvZnVsbC1sZW5ndGgtc3R1ZGlvLXBvcnRyYWl0LW9mLXVuaWRlbnRpZmllZC1tYW4tZmZhNDBlLTEwMjQuanBn/40/24/webp "[Full-length studio portrait of unidentified man.]")
[Full-length studio portrait of unidentified man.]
Public domain reproduction of still life painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
San Francisco, upper California / Lith., Britton & Rey.
Pictorial lettersheet shows view of city and harbor. Annotation on recto: Where my office was in S. Francisco in 1851. I have seen 2 or 3 times as many ships in harbor as here shown. Baird, California pictoria... More
City of San Francisco and its vicinity, California
Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Powell Street from the Lincoln School House, San Francisco
No. 504. Printed on verso: Photographic Views of the Pacific Coast, for the Stereoscope, Album, Magic Lantern, and Mammoth size for framing. Published by Thomas Houseworth & Co. 317 & 319 Montgomery St., San F... More
July 3rd, 1868 - Public domain portrait print
Public domain portrait photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Birds eye view of the city of San Francisco
Public domain photograph of 19th century California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[Bird's eye view of San Francisco] - Public domain map](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTIvYmlyZHMtZXllLXZpZXctb2Ytc2FuLWZyYW5jaXNjby1jMDBjMTktMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/25/webp "[Bird's eye view of San Francisco] - Public domain map")
[Bird's eye view of San Francisco] - Public domain map
Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 35 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 100; 651/1; 710/1
Bancroft's official guide map of city and county of San Francisco : co...
Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Bancroft's official guide map of city and county of San Francisco : co...
Official guide map of city and county of San Francisco Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Graphic chart of the city and county of San Francisco
Perspective map not drawn to scale. At head of title: San Francisco newsletter, California Advertiser. Bird's-eye-view. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Includes index to points of interest and inset... More
Birdseye view of San Francisco and surrounding country.
Perspective map not drawn to scale. Accompanied by: Key to Snow & May's view of San Francisco and surrounding country. 1 l. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 37 Available also through the Library of Congress Web sit... More
Bancroft's official guide map of city and county of San Francisco
Official guide map of city and county of San Francisco | Bancroft's official guide map of the city and county of San Francisco | Official guide map of the city and county of San Francisco Courtesy of Boston Pub... More
The city of San Francisco. Birds eye view from the bay looking south-w...
Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 37.1 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2
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.
Triumph of labor - Political cartoon, public domain image
Published by Joseph Roos & Co. N.E. Cor. Comm. & Leidesdorff Sta. S.F. Copyrighted 1878. Title appears as it is written on the item. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)
Bancroft's official guide map of city and county of San Francisco
Official guide map of city and county of San Francisco Courtesy of Boston Public Library
View of San Francisco, formerly Yerba Buena, in 1846-7 before the disc...
"Designed & copied from views taken at the time." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 33.2 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. Includes signatures... More
Cliff House, San Francisco, California, 19th century sterescope card.
Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, San Francisco, California, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Across Golden Gate, from Cliff House, San Francisco, U. S. A
No. 4198. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
City of San Francisco and it's vicinity, California /
Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Copied from the original topographic sheet no. 687 in the Archives of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Washington, D.C. April 14th, 1891." Lower left margin: "Prin... More
Placer County exhibit, California Midwinter Exposition
61568-Z U.S. Copyright Office. No. 9795. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Germany, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sonoma County exhibit, California Midwinter Exposition
61556-Z1 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.W. Kilburn. No. 9783.
A prairie schooner of the 50's at '49 mining camp. California Midwinte...
Photograph shows prairie schooner on display; wooden signs: A Prairie Schooner of the 50' and C. H. Huffmann. I. W. Taber, 121 Post St. S. F.
Kern County exhibit, California Midwinter Exposition
W1560Z U.S. Copyright Office. No. 9787. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Germany, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Looking east from Hopkins' Art Association showing Goat Island and ter...
57396 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Grand Old Ocean from Golden Gate, San Francisco, Cal
No. 9929. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Golden Gateway, San Francisco, Cal, California, 19th century sterescop...
No. 9924. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Blessed angels, guard our beds, San Francisco, Cal
No. 9952. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, San Francisco, California, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cliff House and Seal Rocks, San Francisco, Cal., U. S. A
No. 5048. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, San Francisco, California, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cliff House and Seal Rocks by Moonlight, San Francisco, Cal., U. S. A
No. 5045. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, San Francisco, California, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Seal Rocks and Cliff House, San Francisco, Cal., U. S. A
No. 5047. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, San Francisco, California, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lurline Baths / motion picture. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...
"A large indoor swimming pool can be seen. The camera was directed toward a slide from which people can be seen entering the pool in rapid succession"--Early motion pictures. "At San Francisco. The main feature... More
The exhibits, Sutro Baths, San Francisco, Cal., U.S.A
Copyright 1898 by Strohmeyer & Wyman. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, San Francisco, California, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cliff House and Seal Rocks, San Francisco, Cal., U. S. A
No. 5048. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, San Francisco, California, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Launching, no. 2 / motion picture
"The camera was changed after the former subject had been photographed [i.e., Launch of Japanese man-of-war "Chitosa"] and the ship [Chitose] is seen nearly head-on, bow first, still floating backward into the ... More
Union Iron Works / motion picture
"Here was built the peerless battleship "Oregon." The scene is taken at lunch hour, and shows a great throng of employees leaving the shop. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog, no. 94, March 1900, p. 21. "Southern P... More
After launching / motion picture
"Taken near the Union Works, San Francisco, Cal., immediately after the launching of the Japanese Man-of-war "Chitose." The scene opens with the pleasure yacht "Unadilla" passing in the immediate foreground, he... More
Seal Rocks and Cliff House, San Francisco, Cal., U. S. A
No. 5047. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, San Francisco, California, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Native daughters / motion picture
"Taken at San Francisco, Cal., at the Golden Jubilee. In the foreground is shown an immense concourse of people, including ladies and children, while the background is formed by very high buildings, from the wi... More
Cliff House and Seal Rocks, San Francsico, Cal., U. S. A
No. 5048. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, San Francisco, California, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Seal Rocks and Cliff House, San Francisco, California
Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, San Francisco, California, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Seal Rocks and Cliff House, San Francisco, Cal., U. S. A
No. 5047. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, San Francisco, California, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Feeding sea gulls /. 19th century, Library of Congress collection
From Edison films catalog: A fine view of San Francisco Bay, from an Oakland ferryboat. Tug towing a scow passes by. Sea gulls sail through the air and dive into the seething wake of the boat. 40 feet. $6.00. A... More
Parade of Chinese / motion picture
"Taken at San Francisco, Cal., at the Golden Jubilee. This picture shows a procession of the resident Chinese of San Francisco, carrying banners, flags, etc. They are followed by an immense float drawn by four ... More
Procession of floats / motion picture
"Taken at San Francisco, Cal., at the Golden Jubilee. In the foreground are seen crowds of people, all being very close to the camera. The first float is drawn by four white horses and is at least twenty feet l... More
Umbsen's map of the City and County of San Francisco, California
Map of the City and County of San Francisco, Calif Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Troop ships for the Philippines /
Shows the departure from San Francisco of two troop ships, the S.S. Australia and the S.S. City of Sydney, bound for Manila during the Spanish-American War. The first ship shown is the Australia with many troop... More
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
In the great Sutro Baths, San Francisco, California, U.S.A
Copyright 1898 by Strohmeyer & Wyman. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, San Francisco, California, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Golden Gate, San Francisco, Cal., U. S. A
No. 9340. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cliff House and Seal Rocks, San Francisco, Cal
No. 5404. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The beach and Cliff House, San Francisco, Cal
No. 5403. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Californian (built 1900; cargo vessel) in drydock at Union Iron Works,...
Men are at work on the propeller. Originally received in Box 1.
Californian (built 1900; cargo vessel) in drydock at Union Iron Works,...
Men are at work on the propeller. No original box/folder number indicated.
Sutro's Baths, San Francisco, Cal, California, 19th century sterescope...
Copyright by C.H. Graves. No. 5408. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Market Street, San Francisco, Cal., U.S.A
No. 11672. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cliff House and Seal Rocks by Moonlight, San Francisco, Cal
No. 5520. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sailors at the Cliff House, San Francisco, Cal., U. S. A
No. 11658. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cliff House, Seal Rocks and the Pacific Ocean, from Sutro Heights, San...
Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bird's-eye view of San Francisco, Cal., from a balloon /
As early as 1874, passenger balloon flights were being made over San Francisco. San Franciscans - and Americans in general - were fascinated with the thrills and dangers of flight. Although balloon technology h... More
Great Sutro Bath House, San Francisco, California
No. 1025 B. Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cliff House Seal Rock, San Francisco, California
No. 1021B. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cliff House and Seal Rocks, from the Beach--Showing the Tide coming in...
Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
TR in San Francisco, 1903 / - Victorian era public domain image
The following is a scene-by-scene description of the film: The camera was positioned on the southeast corner of O'Farrell Street and Van Ness Avenue, and pans from north to west to south, and then back to west.... More
The President's carriage / motion picture
This film shows President Roosevelt in San Francisco, passing in the arrival parade on Market Street on Tuesday, May 12, 1903. The camera view is from the north side of Market Street, just east of Grant Avenue.... More
Sutro's Garden, San Francisco, California, California, 19th century st...
No. 881. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cliff House, San Francisco, California, California, 19th century stere...
No. 879. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![Launch of Japanese man-of-war "Chitosa" [i.e., "Chitose"] /](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3RodW1ibmFpbC8xODk4LzAxLzAxL2xhdW5jaC1vZi1qYXBhbmVzZS1tYW4tb2Ytd2FyLWNoaXRvc2EtaWUtY2hpdG9zZS0yMDAuZ2lm/40/40/webp "Launch of Japanese man-of-war \"Chitosa\" [i.e., \"Chitose\"] /")
Launch of Japanese man-of-war "Chitosa" [i.e., "Chitose"] /
This film shows the launching of the Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser Chitose at the Union Iron Works shipyard, San Francisco, on Saturday, January 22, 1898. The camera view is east, across a small inlet of Centr... More
Sunday afternoon on the Beach towards Cliff House and Seal Rocks, San ...
Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Cliff House and Seal Rocks--S. S. Coptic passing en route to Japan...
No. 605. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Interior, Sutro bathing pavillion, largest and finest in the world, Sa...
Copyright 1906 by C.L. Wasson. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Down Market Street from 4th., showing sky scrapers of America's most c...
No. 6788. Public domain image of San Francisco buildings, city, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[Unidentified Staples & Charles. San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906] /](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3RodW1ibmFpbC8xOTA2LzAxLzAxL3VuaWRlbnRpZmllZC1zdGFwbGVzLWFuZC1jaGFybGVzLXNhbi1mcmFuY2lzY28tYWZ0ZXItdGhlLWVhcnRocXVha2UtYW5kLWZpcmUtMjAwLmdpZg%3D%3D/40/40/webp "[Unidentified Staples & Charles. San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906] /")
[Unidentified Staples & Charles. San Francisco after the earthquake an...
This film is made up of five panoramas, four wide and one close-up, of the ruins of downtown San Francisco shortly after the 1906 disaster, plus a panorama and scene in a nearby refugee camp. Original intertitl... More
Cliff House and Seal Rocks, From the Crowded Beach, Steamer Entering G...
No. 6798. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cliff House, San Francisco, California, 19th century sterescope card.
No. 210. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cliff House, Seal Rocks and the Calm Pacific from Sutro Heights, San F...
No. 6797. Public domain photograph of 19th-century hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
San Francisco - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Army pack train bringing supplies. /
This film highlights the role of the United States Army in transporting supplies following the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco. The Army's relief operations headquarters was at their base, the Presidi... More
The Cliff House and Seal Rocks, the pride of San Francisco, from Sutro...
No. 20561. Public domain photograph of monument, historic place, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cliff House and Seal Rocks, San Francisco, California
No. 1523. Public domain photograph of monument, historic place, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cliff House, from Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal.,
No. 1744. Public domain photograph of 19th-century hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The World-famous Cliff House on Point Lobos at entrance to the Golden ...
No. 20560. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sunday Afteroon on the Beach--towards Cliff House and Seal Rocks, San ...
No. 20562. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
From Kohl Bldg. south to the once great business centre of destroyed S...
Ruins of San Francisco after the earthquake and fire. H77735 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8220. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, U-90537.
San Francisco disaster / motion picture
This film shows the partial burning of a small-scale model of downtown San Francisco in an early attempt at simulating the 1906 disaster. The model is seen in aerial view from above the South-of-Market district... More
San Francisco earthquake and fire, April 18, 1906 /
This film shows the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906, and the devastation resulting from the subsequent three-day fire. The 8.3 magnitude earthquake struck at 5:12am and was centered ... More
![Scenes in San Francisco, [no. 2] /](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3RodW1ibmFpbC8xOTA2LzAxLzAxL3NjZW5lcy1pbi1zYW4tZnJhbmNpc2NvLW5vLTItMjAwLmdpZg%3D%3D/40/40/webp "Scenes in San Francisco, [no. 2] /")
Scenes in San Francisco, [no. 2] /
Panoramas filmed in the ruins of downtown San Francisco and outlying refugee camps following the 1906 earthquake and fire. A scene-by-scene description of the film: [Frame: 0102] Begins with a long, pan of down... More
![On the rack / CH [monogram]. - Drawing. Public domain image.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjMvb24tdGhlLXJhY2stY2gtbW9ub2dyYW0tMjNmMTlhLTEwMjQuanBn/40/25/webp "On the rack / CH [monogram]. - Drawing. Public domain image.")
On the rack / CH [monogram]. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Illustration shows an allegorical female figure labeled "San Francisco" being tortured "on the rack" by a cast of medieval-looking executioners labeled "Cement Dealer, Lumber Dealer, Iron Workers' Union, Steel ... More
![Scenes in San Francisco, [no. 1] /](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3RodW1ibmFpbC8xOTA2LzAxLzAxL3NjZW5lcy1pbi1zYW4tZnJhbmNpc2NvLW5vLTEtMjAwLmdpZg%3D%3D/40/40/webp "Scenes in San Francisco, [no. 1] /")
Scenes in San Francisco, [no. 1] /
Views and pans among the ruins of San Francisco after the earthquake and fire. A scene-by-scene description of the film: [Frame: 0100] The camera, positioned at the southwest corner of Mission and 5th streets, ... More
Market Street showing Call Building, the highest in San Francisco, Cal...
No. 6787. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The famous Cliff House and Seal Rocks from Sutro Heights, San Francisc...
No. 720. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Entrance to museum, Sutro Baths, San Francisco, U.S.A
Copyright 1908 by J.J. Killelea & Co. No. 0607. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Swimming pool, Sutro Baths, San Francisco, U.S.A
Copyright 1908 by J.J. Killelea & Co. No. 0610. Public domain photograph of swimming pool, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Map of part of San Francisco, California, April 18, 1908 : showing bui...
Oriented with north toward the lower right. Shows burned area of 4 square miles. Inset: Map of San Francisco showing relative size and position of burned area. 23 x 19 cm. Similar to, except in size, with G4364... More
Interior Sutro Baths, San Francisco, U.S.A
Copyright 1908 by J.J. Killelea & Co. No. 0609. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description