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1849 California Gold Rush
History of the San Francisco Fire Department
Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906
“Who Perished” List of Dead from the 1906 Earthquake
1906 Earthquake Photographs
San Franciscans Survive Titanic Sinking
Construction of the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges
1989 San Francisco Earthquake
San Francisco’s Response to the Oakland Firestorm
Chronology of San Francisco World War II Events
Chronology of San Francisco Rock 1965-1969
History by Subject
San Francisco – Military – U.S. Army
Zulu Prince with Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Alcatraz – 1899
Construction of Fort Point – 1853
Founding of the Veterans’ Home – 1882
Troops Depart for the Philippines War – 1898
Army Operations During the 1906 Earthquake and Fire
"San Francisco's Own" Comes Home – 1919
San Francisco Stars Entertain Troops at Fort Ord – 1941
Command Decisions,
Army History of WWII
Army Air Force in WWII – 1942
Chronology of San Francisco War Events – 1940- 1941
Chronology of San Francisco War Events – 1942
Army Evacuation of the Japanese from San Francisco – 1942
Instructions to All Persons of Japanese Ancestry – 1942
Photograph: Street Signs for Troops in Alaska – 1942
Chronology of San Francisco War Events – 1943
Instructions for Air Raid Wardens – 1943
Chronology of San Francisco War Events – 1944
Chronology of San Francisco War Events – 1945
RCA, San Francisco, Negotiates the Capitulation of Japan – 1945
Military Bases Ring Bay Area – 1955
San Francisco – Military – National Guard
Looting of Chinatown by the National Guard – 1906
National Guard Ordered to San Francisco – 1934
National Guard Occupies the Waterfront – 1934
Governor Explains Why Guard Called – 1934
Mayor Rossi’s Request for More Guardsmen – 1934
San Francisco – Military – U.S. Navy
Drive to Build a Dewey Monument in San Francisco – 1899
Navy Operations During the 1906 Earthquake and Fire
U.S.S. Independence
Decommissioned at Mare Island – 1912
U.S.S. California
Passes Under the Golden Gate Bridge – 1936
Navy to Lease Treasure Island “For the Duration” – 1942
Navy Seizes Treasure Island – 1942
Navy Seizes Hunters Point Neighborhood – 1942
Mare Island; Where the Pacific Fleet is Maintained
– 1939
Treasure Island – Environmental Hazards – 1995
Coast Guard in San Francisco Bay – 1996
San Francisco – Missions
Founding of the Mission Dolores – 1776
Powerpost Beetle Attack Closes Mission Dolores – 2000
Bells of the Mission Dolores Basilica
in RealAudio
Mission Dolores Rancho
“Missions of the Spanish Era had Wide Influence,”
by F. Gordon O’Neill
San Francisco – Multimedia—Internet
“Netizens! Rally Against Censorship” – 1995
Text of Speech by Mike Godwin to Netizen’s Rally
A Brief History of the Internet, by Robert X. Cringley – 1998
Schmidt Lithography Co. Clock Tower
San Francisco – Municipal Buildings
The Goddess of Progress
Augustus Laver and the New City Hall – 1893
Deplorable Conditions at City Hall – 1900
Temporary City Hall – 1911
New Central Fire Alarm Station – 1912
Completion of the War Memorial Complex – 1932
San Francisco – Municipal Departments
Office of the Mayor
San Francisco Fire Department
San Francisco Police Department
San Francisco – Museums
Founding of the de Young Museum, by M.H. de Young
M.H. de Young Memorial Museum – 1895
San Francisco – Museums – Online
Asian Art Museum
Cable Car Museum
California Academy of Sciences
Exploratorium
Fine Arts Museums’ “The Thinker”
Golden Gate Railroad Museum
Musee Mecanique
Museum of the City of San Francisco
San Francisco – Music
NEW ADDITION
Late 19th–Century San Francisco Sheet Music
Chronology of San Francisco Rock 1965-1969
Bibliography of the Grateful Dead
Early History of Lydia Pense and Cold Blood
Late 19th–Century San Francisco Sheet Music
Jeanette MacDonald Patriotic Concert at the War Memorial – 1942
Lu Watters Returns to the Dawn Club – 1946
San Francisco – Parks–Recreation
Golden Gate Park
Proposed New Conservatory for Golden Gate Park – 1890
Morrison Planetarium at Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park Windmill Pumps
M.H. de Young Memorial Museum – 1895
Eamon De Valera Unveils Robert Emmet Statue in Golden Gate Park – 1919
Sigmund Stern Memorial Grove
A Visit to Woodward’s Gardens — 1876
City Should Buy Cliff House and Sutro Heights
Short Life of Steuart Street Park
Alcatraz
An Aquatic Park Needed – 1916
Victory for Slats – 1918
San Francisco – Poetry
NEW ADDITION
Casey at the Bat
A Gold Rush Poem – 1864
A Kearny Street Idyl: a "Steal" from Tennyson - 1881
The Ruined Temple by Herman Scheffauer - 1912
Refugees' Rubaiyat - 1912
Sunset at the Beach by Joaquin Miller - 1914
San Francisco – Police Department
San Francisco Police Department History
Police Chief Patrick Crowley
Police Uniforms – 1876
The Dive Law – 1887
Red Cross Chauffeuses Now Policettes – 1918
Literary Bob – 1918
Rum Bribery Higherups Hunted as Plotters – 1922
Police Recruits Learn to Sing – 1925
San Francisco – Politics
Union Labor Party Platform – 1903
Report on the Causes of Municipal Corruption – 1909
Editor Wants Abe Ruef Released – 1911
“Stamp Out Sinclairism,” The Gubernatorial Election – 1934
Shelley For State Senate –1938
“The Mayor’s Race: Not Just Politics as Usual,”
by Jim Balderston
Mayor Jordan Showers with Disc Jockeys – 1995
Inauguration of Mayor Willie L. Brown
San Francisco – Population
Population Data and Growth Maps
San Francisco – Buildings
Artistic Homes of California – 1891
San Francisco – Social
Capt. Montgomery Ends Indian Slavery – 1846
A View of Women’s Rights in San Francisco – 1891
“Lower California as a Negro Home” – 1891
“Bishop Arnett on the Negro”
– 1900
Gladys Bentley at Mona's 440 Club – 1942
Matrix Homeless Program, Joyce v. City and County of San Francisco – 1994
Holocaust Remembrance Day – 1995
AIDS Quilt goes Online – 1997
San Francisco – Sports
Casey at the Bat
The Immortal Casey
Joe Di Maggio: The new “Bambino,” — 1937
Francis "Lefty" O’Doul Day at Seals’ Stadium – 1938
Di Maggio Not Demanding $80,000 — 1941
Di Maggio Marries Marilyn Monroe at City Hall — 1954
Joe Di Maggio Dies at 84 — 1999
San Francisco – Streets
History of Pioneer Street Names,
by Henry C. Carlisle
A Kearny Street Idyl; a "Steal" from Tennyson - 1881
No Need for Street Lamps - 1883
Van Ness Avenue - 1876
Our Unfordable Streets - 1876
Oh, My Aching Feet - 1880
Etiquette on the Street - 1886
Down with the Telegraph Poles - 1886
Advertisement - 1896
Couldn't Buy the Land - 1917
The Story of a Lamp Lighter - 1924
San Francisco – Theaters
“San Francisco Theatrical Memories,” by James Madison
Playbill from the California Theatre – 1880
San Francisco – Tours–Tourism
A Jaunt Around San Francisco – 1859
Intelligent Traveler – 1867
Original 49-Mile Drive Route – 1938
San Francisco – Transportation – Aviation
The Marina Flying Field – 1922
Tragic Dole Air Race to Hawaii – 1927
Dedication of New San Francisco Airport – 1937
Search Continues for Amelia Earhart – 1937
U.S. Radiomen Comb Air For Signals From Amelia – 1937
Amelia Earhart - Prelude to Greatness – 1938
Pan-American Clipper at Treasure Island
Pan American Philippine Clipper Orders for the June 1 Flight from Treasure Island – 1939
San Francisco – Transportation – Railroads
“A Practical Plan for the Pacific Railroad,”
by Theodore Judah – 1857
Coming of the Transcontinental Railroad – 1869
The Future of California Railroads – 1880
The Last Spike – 1881
More on The Last Spike – 1881
Thomas Hill's painting "The Last Spike" – 1881
1906 Southern Pacific Operations
New Southern Pacific Depot – 1912
Railroad Schedules – 1912
Southern Pacific Ferryboat Schedule – 1928
Photograph –
Southern Pacific Band – 1930s
State Belt Railroad Operations – 1953
San Francisco – Transportation – Street Railways and Cable Roads
Biography of Andrew Hallidie, Cable Car Inventor
San Francisco Cable Car Museum Website
Our Hills – 1876
Roof-Seats for Street Cars – 1881
Clay St. Cable Car Ends its Run – 1891
Founding of the San Francisco & San Mateo Railway Co. – 1892
United Railroads' Great Work – 1906
Last Horse-drawn Streetcar Ends Journey – 1913
Overfair Railway at the PPIE – 1915
Inauguration of the Duboce Tunnel – 1928
Castro St. Cable Service May Soon End – 1939
Market Street Railway – 1925
Castro St. Cable Service May Soon End – 1939
Buses to Replace Cable Cars – Tracks Removed – 1941
Friedel Klussmann’s Fight to Save the Cable Cars — 1947
End of San Francisco Interurban Streetcar Service — 1949
Inauguration of the “F” Market-Castro Streetcar Line – 1995
Municipal Railway Tourist Fares – 1996
Streetcars of the Municipal Railway – 1997
San Francisco – Utilities - Power-Telephone
Pacific Postal Telegraph Cable Company – 1887
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. – 1897
San Francisco Gaslight Co. – 1897
New Chinese Telephone Company – 1901
Restoration of the Gas Supply – 1906
Restoration of the Electrical System – 1906
Restoration of the Telephone System – 1906
Western Union Telegraph Co. Restoration – 1906
Ocean Beach Wireless Transmitting Station – 1912
New Pacific Telephone Co. Coast Division Headquarters – 1925
All Gas lights to be Gone by 1929 – 1927
For water systems see: Water Supply
San Francisco – Vice
Chinatown, Barbary Coast Gambling, Vice and Prostitution – 1871
Barbary Coast Cabarets, Saloons – 1908-1910
Helping Fallen Women of the Barbary Coast – 1917
San Francisco – Views
Bird’s-eye View of San Francisco – 1901
Views of the Golden Gate – 1901
Trip Down Market Street – 1905
San Francisco – Water Supply
Earthquake Damage to the Spring Valley Water Company – 1906
Congressional Hetch Hetchy Hearings – 1908
“Hetch Hetchy Damming Scheme,” – 1908
by John Muir
“The Endangered Valley...,”
by John Muir
Sierra Club Telegram to Congress Protesting Hetch Hetchy Bill – 1908
“Let Everyone Help to Save the Famous Hetch-Hetchy Valley,”
by John Muir – 1909
Raker Bill for Hetch Hetchy – 1913
Map of Spring Valley Water Co. Holdings – 1922
Largest Sprinkler System in the World – 1930
New PG&E-City Hetch Hetchy Woes – 1941
Damage to the Water Supply during the Earthquake — 1989
Windmill Pumps at Golden Gate Park
“Proposed Auxiliary Water Supply System...,”
by Rolla V. Watt — 1907
High Pressure Water System for Fires Following Earthquake
Answers to Hydrantman’s Examination — 1911
Brief History of Greenberg Fire Hydrants — 1953
“Fire Department Water Supply,”
by Steve Van Dyke — 1997
San Francisco — Weather
Record Heat Wave in San Francisco – 1876
Current San Francisco Weather
Effects of Past El Niño Events on San Francisco Bay
Climate of San Francisco
by E. Jan Null
“A Year of Weather Extremes,” by the National Weather Service – 1998
San Francisco – Women and Women’s Issues
Commandments from a Miner’s Wife – 1849
“Sale to Lotta, the Actress” – 1869
Vice, Prostitution and Gambling in Chinatown and the Barbary Coast – 1873
A View of Women ’s Rights – 1891
Helping Working Girls in San Francisco – 1891
A Successful Lady Dentist – 1891
Women in the Police Department – 1895
Sophie Tucker Visits the Barbary Coast – 1911
Souvenir Book of J.H. Coffey - 1918
A Woman Runs for Musician’s Union Board of Directors – 1932
Search Continues for Amelia Earhart – 1937
U.S. Airmen Listen for Signals from Amelia Earhart – 1937
Amelia Earhart; Prelude to Greatness – 1938
Sally Rand Nude Ranch at Treasure Island – 1939
“Flesh Shows” on the Gayway at Treasure Island – 1939
Harriet Pullman Carolan at the Clift Hotel – 1939
Women Replace Men in Jobs Because of the Draft – 1941
Movie Star Jeanette MacDonald and Women in the War Effort – 1942
Friedel Klussman Saves the Cable Cars – 1947
San Francisco – World War I
Souvenir Book of J.H. Coffey - 1918
Women in War Work - 1918
San Francisco – World War II
Chronology of San Francisco War Events 1940-1945
San Francisco Stars Entertain at Fort Ord – 1941
20,000 Needed for Civil Defense Duty – 1941
Dimout Regulations Controversy – 1941
S.F. Collectors Boycott Hitler’s Stamps — 1941
Women Replace Men in Jobs Because of Draft – 1941
Instructions for Bombing and Gas Attacks – 1941
Japanese Planes over San Francisco — 1941
The Battle of Los Angeles — 1942
Emporium Department Store War Plan — 1942
San Francisco–War City – 1942
Evacuation of the Japanese from San Francisco – 1942
Jeanette MacDonald Patriotic Concert at the War Memorial – 1942
Air Raid Instruction Card for Your Home – 1942
Navy to Lease Treasure Island “For the Duration,” — 1942
Navy Seizes Treasure Island — 1942
Navy Seizes Hunters Point Neighborhood — 1942
Street Signs for Troops in Alaska – 1942
Stage Door Canteen Planned for San Francisco – 1943
Instructions for Air Raid Wardens – 1943
“San Francisco Faces West, the City in Wartime,” by John Dos Passos – 1944
RCA, San Francisco, Negotiates the Capitulation of Japan – 1945
San Francisco – Yerba Buena
Yerba Buena, Before the Gold Rush
Lithograph of Yerba Buena – 1846
Proclamation to Change the Name of Yerba Buena to San Francisco
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