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The publisher gratefully acknowledges the generous support
of the Valerie Barth and Peter Booth Wiley Endowment Fund
in History of the University of California Press Foundation.
The publisher gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the Valerie Barth and Peter Booth Wiley Endowment Fund in History of the University of California Press Foundation.
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University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd.
London, England
Introduction and compilation 2011 by
The Regents of the University of California
ISBN 978-0-520-26880-7 (paper : alk. paper)
Library of Congress Control number: 2010940090
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Manufactured in the United States of America
This book is printed on Cascades Enviro 100, a 100% post consumer waste, recycled, de-inked fiber. FSC recycled certified and processed chlorine free. it is acid free, Ecologo certified, and manufactured by BioGas energy.
I. BAY REGION: TODAY AND YESTERDAY Between 44 and 45
| The Bay and its Cities Copyright, Gabriel Moulin Golden Gate Bridged by World's Tallest, Longest Span Courtesy San Francisco Convention and Tourist Bureau Peninsula Cliffs Courtesy San Francisco Peninsula, Inc. Orchards Carpet the Valleys Courtesy Redwood Empire Assn. Mount Tamalpais Looms over Marin County Courtesy Marvelous Marin, Inc. The Presidio in 1816 Drawing by Louis Choris | Graveyard, Mission Dolores Northern California Writers Project Northernmost Mission at Sonoma (1824) Courtesy Redwood Empire Assn. Russian Chapel at Fort Ross (1812) Northern California Writers Project Vallejo's Casa Grande near Petaluma Courtesy Redwood Empire Assn. Pedro Font's Map of San Francisco Bay (1777) Copyright, Regents of University of California |
| II. INDUSTRY: ARTS: LEARNING | Between 106 and 107 |
| Mural by Diego Rivera, San Francisco Stock Exchange Courtesy San Francisco Museum of Art Golden Gate Bridge Under Construction Courtesy Standard Oil Company Water and Power from the Sierra: O'Shaughnessy Dam Courtesy San Francisco Water Dept. Steamers Drydocked in Oakland Courtesy San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Giant Towers Carry 165,000 Volts Across Carquinez Strait Courtesy Pacific Gas and Electric Company Sather Gate, University of California Northern California Writers Project | Oil for the World at Point Richmond Courtesy San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Sugar Refining at Carquinez Strait Courtesy C. & H. Sugar Refining Corp. Stanford Chapel from the Quad, Palo Alto Courtesy State Chamber of Commerce Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland Courtesy Mills College Lick Observatory of University of California, Mt. Hamilton Courtesy Californians Inc. Sun Yat Sen, in St. Mary's SquareMemorial by Beniamino Bufano Northern California Writers Project |
| III. SAN FRANCISCO'S BY-GONE DAYS | Between 136 and 137 |
| American Flag Raised at Yerba Buena (1846) Courtesy Wells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Company Yerba Buena Cove Crowded with Ships (1849) Courtesy Southern Pacific Business District in 1852 Courtesy San Francisco Examiner Execution by Second Vigilance Committee (1856) Courtesy Wells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Company Panorama From Russian Hill Courtesy George Fanning Abandoned Ships on Waterfront Prior to 1851 Copyright, Martin Behrman The First Cable Train (1873) Courtesy J. W. Harris Shipbuilding South of Rincon Point (1865) Courtesy Southern Pacific | Greenwich Street Cable Car Climbing Telegraph Hill (1884) Martin Behrman Collection Vallejo Street Wharf in Early Sixties Courtesy Southern Pacific Cliff House (1866) Courtesy Southern Pacific Barbary Coast (1914) Courtesy James Hall Great Fire of 1906: Looking Down Kearny Street Toward Market Courtesy San Francisco Chronicle Aftermath of the Great Fire Courtesy San Francisco Chronicle Ruins of Old St. Mary's Church (1906) Courtesy Old St. Mary's Church |
| IV. DOWNTOWN | Between 198 and 199 |
| City Hall Northern California Writers Project Exposition Auditorium Courtesy U. S. Travel Bureau San Francisco's Jagged Terraces from the Bay Copyright, Gabriel Moulin Skyline from a Sky Window Courtesy Redwood Empire Assn. Market Street at 5:15 Northern California Writers Project Montgomery Block Northern California Art Project | Labor Day Parade up Market Street Courtesy San Francisco Chronicle A Five Minute Walk from Business District Northern California Writers Project Four-Fifty Sutter Building and Sir Francis Drake Hotel Portsmouth Plaza Courtesy Redwood Empire Assn. Monument to Robert Louis Stevenson, in Portsmouth Plaza Courtesy Californians Inc. |
| V. STREET SCENES | Between 260 and 261 |
| California Street Still Challenges the Cable Car Courtesy State Chamber of Commerce Chinese New Year Celebration Northern California Writers Project Chinese Children at Thanksgiving Playground Party Courtesy San Francisco Recreation Commission Grant Avenue Northern California Writers* Project Fisherman's Wharf Courtesy San Francisco Convention and Tourist Bureau | Fisherman's Wharf Courtesy Californians Inc. SS. Peter and Paul Church Northern California Writers Project Pacific Union Club, Mark Hopkins and Fairmont Hotels on Nob Hill Octagonal House on Russian Hill, built in 1854 Northern California Art Project Pacific Heights Northern California Writers Project Telegraph Hill from the Precipitous Side Northern California Writers Project |
| VI. THE CITY'S SIGHTS | Between 322 and 323 |
| Ferry Building and Boats Courtesy Southern Pacific Ships at Dock Northern California Art Project Highway and Ocean Beach |
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