San Francisco Bay

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Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. Shows drainage, distancees, etc. "Constructed, projected and drawn by Fred D. Stuart, hydrographer, late of the U.S. Ex. Ex. ; assisted by More

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

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

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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

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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

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Includes two women sitting in the foreground enjoying the view. Image reproduced in John Kemble's book, "San Francisco Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History," p. 62, with the following information: "A schooner unde More

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

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of San Francisco, mid-19th century albumen print, no copyright restrictions.

Map of the vicinity of the Bay of San Francisco Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Photo of a stereoview. Negative source: "Society of California Pioneers". Image reproduced in John Kemble's book, "San Francisco Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History," p. 90, with the following information include More

Broadside view. B07.06336 is a duplicate number. Different images from different collections. Probably misnumbered.

Public domain photograph of a ship in San Francisco harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special More

View includes the ORCA (steam whaler) on the left and the J.D. PETERS (built 1875; bark, 3m) on the right. Image reproduced in John Kemble's book, "San Francisco Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History," p. 109, with More

Broadside, underway. Yerba Buena and Yerba Buena Light in background. Public domain image of ferry ship, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Print enclosure describes the view as the GOV. IRWIN handling a freighter. Negative enclosure describes the view as an unidentified Liberty ship behind the GOV. IRWIN. G - Al Graves 10/7/51.

Per note on the enclosure, WAVELET was "unloading salt from the Oliver Salt Works at an unidentified San Francisco wharf." Source: "P - A.E. Eppler 7-30-56".[CR][CR]Image reproduced in John Kemble's book, "San More

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

KATE DAVENPORT a Pacific Coast lumber bark, made into a barge in 1909. See info. file for more info.[CR]Image reproduced in John Kemble's book, "San Francisco Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History," p. 158, with th More

Book Title: part of 3 sections / San Francisco Panorama.Artist: Carleton Watkins.Artist Bio: American, 1829 - 1916.Creation Date: ca. 1880.Print Date: ca. 1880.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Gift of Prenti More

Book Title: part of 3 sections / San Francisco Panorama.Artist: Carleton Watkins.Artist Bio: American, 1829 - 1916.Creation Date: c. 1880.Print Date: c. 1880.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Gift of Prentice More

This image reproduced in John Kemble's book, "San Francisco Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History," pg. 127, with the following caption:[CR] "The Cape Horners were greeted by a Whitehall boat....E.B. SUTTON, a More

Starboard broadside view. Per note on the enclosure, "See info. file". Per note on the small neg. enclosure, "This negative has better contrast." Source of pl print: E.H. Barker collection.

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

Image reproduced in John Kemble's book, "San Francisco Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History," p. 125, with the following information: "WILLIAM H. MACY, which is shown unloading at a San Francisco pier, was built i More

One in a series of six views. Source: "L&C - Wells Fargo History Room 6-1-1962". See info. file for more information. Panorama was dated based on the presence of these 3 buildings: Sea Wall Hotel, Crystal Swim More

Per note on the enclosure, "Photostat negative - drawer 39 S.F. Bay, Towns, etc." Image is reproduced in John Kemble's book, "San Francisco Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History," pg. 44, with the following caption More

One in a series of six views. Freidlander's warehouse. Source: "L&C - Wells Fargo History Room 6-1-1962". See info. file for more information. No. 3. San Francisco Bay. -Angel Island and Red Rock from Telegraph Hill.

One in a series of six. Source: "L&C - Wells Fargo History Room 6-1-1962." See info. file for more information. The panorama was dated based on the presence of these 3 buildings: Sea Wall Hotel, Crystal Swimm More

One in a series of six views that includes a broadside view of the 3-masted bark RIVER LAGAN in the foreground and an unid. 4-masted schooner in the distance. Source: "L&C - Wells Fargo History Room 6-1-1962". More

View of San Francisco waterfront includes Meiggs Wharf, Barge Office, Angel Island and Alcatraz. Source: "P - Pioneer Society 4/11/57."[CR][CR]Image reproduced in John Kemble's book, "San Francisco Bay: A Pict More

Port broadside view. Public domain photograph of a ship, sailing ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stern view. Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Both seen broadside, under way, SAN RAFAEL the ferry on the left. G - Jack Lowe 9/26/55.

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S202 Includes table of sea coast lights and notes. In top left margin: No. 602. In top center margin: Plate no. More

View shows shrimp drying in the foreground. Source: "Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. National Archives and Records Service: #22-FA-137."

Drying shrimp in view. Source: "Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. National Archives and Records Service: #22-FA-135."

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

Source: "Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. National Archives and Records Service: #22-FA-145."

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

Print showing a tugboat and two sailboats in "San Francisco Bay," and two steamboats at dock. 27413 U.S. Copyright Office. Remarque of sailing ship on lower right. Copyright by C. Klackner ... 17th St. New York.

Source: "L&C - Mrs. Kircher". Public domain image of ferry ship, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

P - Ken Cantwell 12/15/59. Public domain image of ferry ship, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photo taken at 10 a.m. L&P - Gilbert Kneiss 1/20/58.

Per note on the enclosure, PRESIDENT was an "oyster schooner." This image is reproduced in John Kemble's book, "San Francisco Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History," pg. 105 with the following caption:[CR] "The More

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Photograph of photographic print marked "U. S. Cruiser San Francisco, Bay of San Francisco, April 4th, 1891," "5276," and "Taber photo., San Francisco, Cal." Detroit P More

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View includes the Atlas Iron Works, the Nevada House on the southwest corner of Napa (20th) & Michigan and the Monterey House at 909 Illinois. Same image as A11.00134 n. Image reproduced in John Kemble's book, More

BEACON ROCK is seen unloading salmon. Crowley's Launches visible in the background.[CR]Image reproduced in John Kemble's book, "San Francisco Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History," p. 137, with the following infor More

This image has been taken from scan 000361 from "Farthest East, and South and West. Notes of a Journey Home through Japan, Australisia and America. By an Anglo-Indian Globe-trotter (C. R. Sail)". The title and More

Stern view. P - Bancroft Library 7/20/61. John McCullough 9/9/1892

Public domain photograph of a ship in San Francisco harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Source: "G&C - R.E. Love, 5/10/53". See additional information included inside the x print enclosure. Information written on the edges of the negative: "in 1856 located at 139 Front/ 1883 located at 27-29 Marke More

Also in view from left to right, NEWSBOY (built 1888; steam schooner) and WIZARD (tugboat) alongside. For more info. see scr 1f; 201.

Broadside, view of junk, headed for dock? Stern of GAELLIC (built 1885; steamer-bark) on right. [CR]For more information see scr1j:184.

Per a note on the enclosure, the image appears in the 1894 book, "More's Maritime Memories". There is a detailed printed caption beneath the image.[CR][CR]On the small enclosure, view includes either Broadway W More

Port broadside view. Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Print shows a view through the "Golden Gate" into San Francisco Bay with Fort Point on the right and a steamship passing through the channel, leaving the Bay; the coastline of the city of San Francisco is on th More

Written on the negative, "12-44 Yale in Boat upright". Public domain photograph of a small watercraft, canoe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

AUSTRALIA (built 1875; steamer-sailing vessel); John W. Procter; San Francisco Bay, 1893 or 1895 (?); 2 masts square-rigged and 2 masts fore and aft rigged; broadside and underway.

Broadside, in tow by unidentified tug. Per note on the small neg, GALILEE was bound for Tahiti.[CR]For more information see scr1e:46.

Image reproduced in John Kemble's book, "San Francisco Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History," p. 78, with the following information: "CENTENNIAL passing Telegraph Hill....built appropriately in 1876, which plied t More

On main deck, looking aft. Officers(?) on bridge.

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

Note crab boat in view. Noted on back of print: "SENATOR (Pacific Mail S.S. Co.). Built San Francisco 1898. 2409 tons gross. 280' x 38.1'. Renamed ADMIRAL FISKE (built 1898; passenger vessel) 1923."

Copyright 1898 by Strohmeyer & Wyman. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

The following is a scene-by-scene description of the film: The first segment of the film was probably shot from the back of a passenger car being pushed up the grade by a locomotive (as was standard practice). More

This view of the explosion was taken from the roof of the American Steel and Wire Company, at the corner of Bay and Mason Streets (Meiggs Wharf, later Fishermen's Wharf). Barge office at left. Alcatraz in view. More

View shows the start of the 30-footers race, per note on the enclosure.

View includes several other unid. scow schooners loaded with hay. Image is reproduced in John Kemble's book, "San Francisco Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History," pg. 85 with the following caption:[CR] "The en More

Alcatraz in the background. GENERAL FAIDHERBE a French steel bark, per note on the enclosure.

View also includes an unidentified 2-masted schooner. Public domain image of ferry ship, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View includes ISLAND PRINCESS (tugboat). Source: "Dickie neg. (duplicate)." For more information, see Info. File. This image is reproduced in John Kemble's book, "San Francisco Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History More

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

H8250 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5515. Copyright 1901 by C.H. Graves.

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

This film, photographed from the front of a moving steam engine, shows the scenic portion of the Ferries and Cliff House Railroad route along the bluffs and cliffs of Lands End (at the northwest corner of San F More

View of the San Francisco Bay before Golden Gate Bridge was built with sun shining through clouds on water. H19137 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by R.J. Water & Co. No. 302.

Viewed from deck of boat. California. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

H31814 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1903 by Underwood & Underwood. No. 2.

Seen from the bay. Originally received in Box 13.

Per note on the enclosure, "She was christened by Erma Olsen, age 2 or 3 at the time. She is now Mrs. Irvin Reichardt of Media, Penn - 1972." Source: "L&C - Wm. I. Olsen" ERMA was built at the Wm. Munder & Sons More

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

No. 9764. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Steamer "Mongolia" off for the Orient, San Francisco, California. Public domain photograph of a steamship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

No. 9767. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

H94954 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1907 by Underwood & Underwood. No. 9763; U-103861.

H113249 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Chicago. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; July 10, 1908.

View shows CONNECTICUT as first in a line of the American naval vessels that made up the Great White Fleet.This image is reproduced in John Kemble's book, "San Francisco Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History," pg. 175.

Public domain photograph of a ship in San Francisco harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View as seen from aboard a vessel. Originally received in Box 5.

Section at left may be missing. Title and date devised by cataloger based on similarity to other images of fleet in San Francisco Bay. Source unknown.

View as seen from aboard a vessel. Spectators are gathered on deck. Originally received in Box 5.