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Old San Francisco

San Francisco was founded on June 29, 1776, when colonists from Spain established Presidio of San Francisco and Mission San Francisco de Asís a few miles away.
1840's 1849 1850 - From the corner of Clay and Sansome Streets 1850 - View of San Francisco 1851 - San Francisco 1851 - Looking toward the bay
1856 - Vigilante justice William Tecumseh Sherman c. 1860 - Chinese workman 1869 - Cartoon attacking treatment of Chinese 1870 - Mark Twain g10/09/268309/3/166459646.99C8ebtz.jpg
c. 1872 - Seal Rock 1875 - Alcatraz, San Francisco Bay 1878 - Chinatown market 1881 - New Year’s Day in Chinatown c. 1888 - Street scene c. 1891 - Fisherman's Wharf
Holiday outfit with shoes in Manchu style Sword dancer 1894 - Sutro Baths c. 1895 - Brothers 1896 - The fish dealer's daughter 1898 - Street of Gamblers (Ross Alley)
c. 1900 - Outside a shoe shop c. 1900 - Crossing the street c. 1900 - Street vendor c. 1900 - Afternoon in the park c. 1900 - Whittier mansion interior c. 1900 - Archery contestants, Sutro Baths exterior
c. 1900 - Cliff House 1902 - Cliff House and Seal Rocks 1904 - Flower shop 1904 - Tap Room 1905 - Cable cars at the foot of Market Street 1906 - Remains of an old wreck of a lumber schooner
April 18, 1906 - Sacramento Street April 19, 1906 April 18, 1906 - View from above April 1906 - Telegraph Hill April 1906 - Aftermath of earthquake and fire April 1906 - Earthquake damage
April 1906 - Market Street toward the ferry April 1906 - Hot food station, following the earthquake and fire April 1906 - Food tent Mark Hopkins Mansion, completed in 1878 April 1906 - Mark Hopkins Mansion, after the fire April 1906 - Grant Avenue
1906 - City Hall tower 1906 - Entrance to the Olympic Club August 25, 1907 - Advertisement September 7, 1907 - Cliff House on fire 1908 - Elks Club dinner at the St. Francis c. 1910 - Grant Avenue
c. 1910 - Restaurants on Broadway December 28, 1912 - Opening day of the Municipal Railway 1912 - Phonograph and bicycle shop 1915 - Palace of Fine Arts 1915 - Sutro Baths 1918 - Outside the Serbo-Croatian Produce Company
1918 - Buick outside the Japanese Tea Garden, Golden Gate Park Promotion piece c. 1919 - Arriving in style 1919 - Signaling a left 1919 - Briscoe auto at Land's End 1919 - Moving a house
1920 - City of Paris department store c. 1920 - Nursery truck 1922 - Ah, the hills of San Francisco

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J Rayner07-Feb-2018 17:39
watched as a slidesho. outstanding collection. earthquake images are haunting. And many are some of the best images of seen on PB for a while.
exzim14-Oct-2016 18:27
Incredible gallery, are more of these available anywhere ? Thank you for your work in sharing these.
Jola Dziubinska18-Sep-2016 12:05
Great gallery, thanks for sharing. V.
Chris Gibbins18-Dec-2015 10:20
Wonderful archive, keep up the good work, these are too good to be lost.
Being Me21-Oct-2015 03:22
Thank you for sharing. V
joseantonio16-Oct-2015 05:28
Always a pleasure to have a look at your historic and interesting galleries.V
Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)13-Oct-2015 05:42
Lovely work...LUV S.F.! Bravo!! Vote
Paolo
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