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Panoramic view of San Francisco. (No. 6.) Taken from the corner of Sac...

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View from Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, CA, 1850 Sep

View includes at least 4 storeships. From left to right, are, possibly ARKANSAS, then GENERAL HARRISON with APOLLO behind and to the right is the NIANTIC (built 1835; ship 3m). This image is a photo of a lette... More

For San Francisco with certain dispatch. the splendid, first class cli...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122, Folder 44a.

South Park-San Francisco, Stereoscope Card

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Seal rock near the Golden Gate.

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Untitle (Empire Hotel, San Francisco)

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San Francisco, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

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Old Spanish church - Mission Dolores - near San Francisco

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Regular line of clipper ships for San Francisco. Elegant California Cl...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122, Folder 44.

Sketch of San Francisco, CA, 1850 May 30

Source: "Original in the Southwest Museum, Highland Park, Los Angeles" ?? ???? Baltimore - /Dr. & E. Reynolds/light st. wharf[CR]Hedge? of chaparelle -/grassy fen ground. San Francisco,/looking east, from the w... More

Yes, my darling, ever kind. Words by C. W. Stayner. Sherman & Hyde, Pu...

Music by Jos. J. Daynes. In English. (language) Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

City hall, San-Francisco, Cal. / Lith. & publ. by Quirot & Co., corner...

Pictorial lettersheet shows early San Francisco city hall, formerly Jenny Lind Theatre, between El Dorado Hotel and The Union; with attached blank leaf. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 30. Acces... More

San Francisco, 19th century - Early photography, Public domain image

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Route of the Pacific and Atlantic Rail Road between San Francisco, & S...

Map of the coast between San Francisco and San Jose showing roads, property owners, streams, and relief by hachures.

San Francisco panorama taken from Happy Valley, Rincon Hill, San Franc...

Part four of seven. Per note on the enclosure, see also A11.35815.

San Francisco panorama taken from Happy Valley, Rincon Hill, San Franc...

Part three of seven. Per note on the enclosure, see also A11.35815.

San Francisco panorama taken from Happy Valley, Rincon Hill, San Franc...

Part five of seven. Per note on the enclosure, see also A11.35815.

Gold Rush Fleet in San Francisco Harbor, Calif., 1851

Right side of the so-called "Forest of Masts" panorama, taken early in 1851.

Gold Rush Fleet in San Francisco Harbor, CA, 1851

The left side of the so-called "Forest of Masts" panorama, taken early in 1851. Note on small negative enclosure says, "use A11.07781.01 nl". Image reproduced in John Kemble's book, "San Francisco Bay: A Pictor... More

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

San Francisco panorama taken from Happy Valley, Rincon Hill, San Franc...

Part two of seven. Per note on the enclosure, see also A11.35815.

San Francisco, Calif. panorama from Mission Street and 1st Street, 185...

Part four of a seven part panorama, see A11.16723 through A11.16729.

[San Francisco, 1851, from Rincon Hill]

J141156 U.S. Copyright Office Reproduction of daguerreotypes likely taken prior to April 22, 1851. Date based on the presence of the steamer "C.M. Weber," which was in San Francisco for repairs. Sections missin... More

San Francisco panorama taken from Happy Valley, Rincon Hill, San Franc...

Part seven of seven. Per note on the enclosure, see also A11.35815.

James Stuart hung by the vigilance committee on Market St. wharf on th...

Pictorial lettersheet shows man hanging from scaffolding surrounded by spectators; with attached blank leaf. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 121. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.13

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

San Francisco panorama taken from Happy Valley, Rincon Hill, San Franc...

Part one of seven. Per note on the enclosure, see also A11.35815.

San Francisco panorama taken from Happy Valley, Rincon Hill, San Franc...

Part six of seven. Per note on the enclosure, see also A11.35815.

Stockton ; June 1st, 1852 / / Lith. & publd. by Britton & Rey, corn. M...

Pictorial lettersheet shows view of gold mining town and waterway. Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sacramento ; First frame house erected Jany. 1st, 1849, by S. Brannan ...

Pictorial lettersheet shows view of city with people and animals in the streets. Annotation on recto: April 1854. Altogether more extensive than here represented. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no.... More

Map of San Francisco...for Banker's City Directory

Street and block map; no illus. Illus. in: F869.S3A18 1852-53, p. 31. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Maps.

Winfield Scott (paddle steamer) leaving New York Harbor, undated

Illustration from "Gleason's Pictorial," p. 57, July-February 1851-1852. Steamer Gen. Winfield Scott Leaving New York Harbor.

San Francisco. 1854 published for the History of the World by Henry Bi...

Print shows a map of San Francisco with significant buildings and locations identified numerically which include: North Bay, Contra Costa, Yerba Buena Island, the California Exchange, the Plaza, Leanard's Wareh... More

Daniel Gibb & Co. Warehouse on Front Street, San Francisco, Calif., 18...

Photographic copy negative and print of a lithograph held by the California Historical Society. Neg. No. 887.

San Francisco, Historic View, 1852 Plat Map, San Francisco, San Franci...

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Bird's eye view of San Francisco, CA, 1852 Jul

Photo of a lithograph. Source: "California State Library". "Though hills seem flattened and [Telegraph] Hill hardly accurate, yet this gives fine detailed view of the waterfront: wharves, shoreline before much ... More

Part of a panorama taken from Nob Hill, San Francisco, CA, 1853

Part three of a six part panorama taken early in 1853, see A11.17673-A11.17678. Source: "L&C - Billy Pearson"

Part of a panorama taken from Nob Hill, San Francisco, CA, 1853

Part six of a six part panorama taken early in 1853, see A11.17673-A11.17678. Source: "L&C - Billy Pearson"

Part of a panorama taken from Nob Hill, San Francisco, CA, 1853

Part four of a six part panorama taken early in 1853, see A11.17673-A11.17678. Source: "L&C - Billy Pearson"

Part of a panorama taken from Nob Hill, San Francisco, CA, 1853

Part one of a six part panorama taken early in 1853, see A11.17673-A11.17678. Source: "L&C - Billy Pearson"

Part of a panorama taken from Nob Hill, San Francisco, CA, 1853

Part two of a six part panorama taken early in 1853, see A11.17673-A11.17678. Source: "L&C - Billy Pearson"

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Springfield, Tuolumne County / G. H. Goddard, del., lith. Britton & Re...

Pictorial lettersheet shows town square and scattered dwellings in California Gold Rush town.

Disasters of 60 days : Wreck of Steamship Tennessee, Indian Cove, Marc...

Pictorial lettersheet shows four images of shipwrecks on one page plus two vignettes of (top) a shepherdess and a bear and (center) Explosion R.K. Page Nicolaus, Feather River, March 21th, 1853; with attached b... More

Untitled (Portsmouth Square, San Francisco)

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[Outline map of the United States showing proposed railroad routes to ...

For a similar map see Carl I. Wheat's Mapping the Transmississippi West, v. 3 (San Francisco, Institute of Historical Cartography, 1957-63.) p. 193. Scale ca. 1:7,000,000. LC Railroad maps, 22 Description deriv... More

Part of a panorama taken from Nob Hill, San Francisco, CA, 1853

Part five of a six part panorama taken early in 1853, see A11.17673-A11.17678. Source: "L&C - Billy Pearson"

Map showing the location of Sacramento Valley Railroad, Cal. Sacrament...

Sketch map of the first railroad in California, with projected extensions to San Francisco, Sonora, and Tehama, made by the engineer who built the Sacramento Valley Railroad. Scale ca. 1:1,100,000. From Report ... More

Charles Meryon - San Francisco - Engraving, Public domain image

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General map of a survey in California : in connection with examination...

Map shows "practicable railway routes" between Ft. Yuma on the Colorado River and the San Francisco Bay region. Scale 1:600,000. Relief shown by hachures. "Proof revised in Office of P.R.R. Surveys Feb. 10th 18... More

Charles Meryon - Study for San Francisco, center right section

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View over Happy Valley. - Early photography, Public domain image

Public domain photograph by Carleton Watkins, 19th-century photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Carleton Watkins was an American photographer, born in 1829 in Oneonta,... More

Charles Meryon - Study for San Francisco

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View down Sacramento Street. - Early photography, Public domain image

Public domain photograph by Carleton Watkins, 19th-century photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Carleton Watkins was an American photographer, born in 1829 in Oneonta,... More

Charles Meryon - San Francisco - Drawing. Public domain image.

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View of the City from Stockton Street, containing the portions between...

Public domain photograph by Carleton Watkins, 19th-century photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Carleton Watkins was an American photographer, born in 1829 in Oneonta,... More

Charles Meryon - Study for San Francisco

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Charles Meryon - San Francisco - Public domain city architecture drawi...

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Charles Meryon - San Francisco - Public domain city architecture drawi...

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Charles Meryon - Study for San Francisco, far left section

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Charles Meryon - San Francisco - Public domain city architecture drawi...

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Charles Meryon - Study for San Francisco, center left section

Public domain scan of an 18th-century map, vintage, old, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

View down Stockton Street and Telegraph Hill, taken from corner Stockt...

Public domain photograph by Carleton Watkins, 19th-century photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Carleton Watkins was an American photographer, born in 1829 in Oneonta,... More

View down Stockton Street. - Early photography, Public domain image

Public domain photograph by Carleton Watkins, 19th-century photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Carleton Watkins was an American photographer, born in 1829 in Oneonta,... More

Sarah Anna (Whittingham) Downer, San Francisco, CA., autograph letter ...

Submits some poems and autobiographical data for The Female Poets of America. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Six-part Panorama of San Francisco from San Francisco Album: Photograp...

Public domain photograph by Carleton Watkins, 19th-century photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Carleton Watkins was an American photographer, born in 1829 in Oneonta,... More

Charles Meryon - Study for San Francisco, far right section

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Charles Meryon - San Francisco, Study

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View over the City, containing portions between California and Bush St...

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Photograph of Alcatraz Island Light Station in California

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Lynch law in California - surrender of prisoners at the county gaol [j...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1856 July 12, p. 36. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: California San Francisco; California Hist. 1856; Lynching; Prisons.

Charles Meryon - Seated Male Figure for "San Francisco"

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Mary Patten Captains her Clipper around Cape Horn by G. Johnson, 1856

Reproduction of a painting. Published by the Atlantic Companies. Deck scene on board NEPTUNE'S CAR (ship, ?m). Additional information included inside the negative enclosure: "Mary Patten Captains her CLipper ar... More

Chinese settlement in the suburbs of San Francisco, California / ... F...

Humble dwellings along bay. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 June 21, p. 21.

Nicaragua - fillibusters [sic] reposing after the battle in their quar...

General William Walker's men reposing in convent of San Francisco, during entrance into Granada, in 1855. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 May 3, p. 336.

Assassination of James King, of William, corner of Montgomery and Wash...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 July 19, p. 88.

The May Festival of the Turnverein Association, San Francisco

Pictorial lettersheet shows gymnasts performing for spectators. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 152. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.04

[View of North Beach, from Telegraph Hill]

Public domain photograph of 19th-century San Francisco, by George Robinson Fardon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description George Robinson (G.R.) Fardon was born in Birmingham, Englan... More

Charles Meryon - San Francisco - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication ...

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Whaling scene illustration, 1856

Whale attacking a whale boat. The Whale of Captain Deblois.

San Francisco MDCCCLV - Print, Library of Congress collection

Medallion portraits of Jules Beyerque and Francois-Alfred Pioche, who commissioned the print, are in the foreground. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.

San Francisco and the Bay, CA, circa 1856

Print source: Bancroft Library. N.E. From First & Harrison St. 1856

Old San Francisco, 1946. the Humphreys house, built 1856

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Curro, Evelyn. [Inscribed, LL image]. Check 500 field.

Charles Meryon - Seated Female Figure for "San Francisco"

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San Francisco Mint operations: "Running the gold into ingots"

Line engraving by Butler. Illus. in: Hutchings' Illus. Calif. Magazine, v. 1, 1856 Oct., p. 149. Reference copy may be in LOT 4397I. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tra... More

Looking over the east side of Portsmouth Square toward the waterfront,...

Stage Office, Plaza Intelligence Office, Golden State Bakery, and Job Printing Office in view. Advertisement in view for "Young's Cloak, Bonnet & Fancy Goods Establishment. Wholesale & Retail." Shipping visible... More

Artist's conception of the sinking of the Central America (steamer) in...

For complete story, see 'Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper,' N.Y., Sat. Oct. 3, 1857. The "Central America" Engulphed in the Ocean "About Eight O'clock the Ship Began to Settle Rapidly, When She Momentarily ... More

Central America (steamer) wreck illustration, 1857

For complete story, see 'Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper,' N.Y., Sat. Oct. 3, 1857. Capt. Herndon on the Wheel-house of the "Central America" Firing a Rocket.

Engraving of a California Gold Rush lodging room with lodgers, 1858

Photograph of an engraving from the book, "California Life Illustrated." For more information see info. file or text accompanying negative which describes the illustration,"[CR][CR]"Those who "put up at the hot... More

From San Francisco Bay to the northern boundary of California : from e...

Scale 1:760,320. Relief shown by hachures. At head of title: Routes in Oregon and California. Map no. 1. "Drawn by John Young." From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the M... More

Entrance to San Francisco Bay, California : from a trigonometrical sur...

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From San Francisco Bay to the Plains of Los Angeles : from exploration...

Scale 1:760,320. At head of title: Coast route, California Map no. 1. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific ... More

City of San Francisco and its vicinity, California

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Miners Exchange Bank building, San Francisco, CA, circa 1856

West side of Montgomery Street, from Washington to Pacific Streets. Photo appears in the book "San Francisco Album" which contains views photographed by George R. Fardon in 1856. Plate 11. Published circa 1859 ... More

Letter from Eliza Wood Farnham, San Francisco, [Calif.], to William Ll...

Mrs. Eliza Wood Farnham tells of the death of Mr. Broderick. She discusses the feeling in California regarding secession. She would like William Lloyd Garrison's criticism of her article, "My Early Days." Court... More

View from Telegraph Hill looking west along the northern waterfront, S...

Area in view is now known as Aquatic Park. Photo appears in the book "San Francisco Album" which contains views photographed by George R. Fardon circa 1856. Plate 18. Published in 1859 by Herre and Bauer in San... More

Willem Witsen en Marie Witsen op gala-avond (San Francisco)

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Willem Witsen - Dutch painter, photogr... More

Old Spanish Church - Mission Dolores - Near San Francisco.

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B. W. Mudge to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, November 16, 1860 (Elected ho...

Newman, Reverend John P., (1826-1899) Methodist Episcopal Bishop of Om...

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