San Francisco Subjects Photography collection,
Scope and Contents Note
Contains photographs and picture postcards depicting scenes of San Francisco places, people and events. Each listing represents a file containing from one to more than fifty images. Some files may also include a small number of non-photographic reproductions and prints.
Includes images of places listed by category (parks, beaches, cemeteries, islands, etc.), types of establishments (banks, churches, hotels, saloons, etc.), specific buildings and structures (City Hall, Holmes Book Store, Jewish Home for the Aged, Golden Gate Bridge, etc.), as well as districts and neighborhoods (Mission District, Chinatown, North Beach). Views of San Francisco homes and street scenes are found under the headings for architecture-- domestic, and transportation. Also includes images depicting members of organizations (Bohemian Club, San Francisco Bicycle Club, Swedish Athletic Club, etc.) and social groups (Chinese, Italians, etc.), as well as general categories of people by occupation (butchers, labor, newsboys, police). Also includes photographs of events such as expositions and fairs, including the Panama Pacific International Exposition, holidays, parades, strikes, and the earthquake (1906). Images included here complement those found under the named streets and general views files in the San Francisco Streets Photography Collection.
Dates
- 1850s-1980s
- Majority of material found within ( 1870s-1970s)
Language of Materials
English.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to California Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the California Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Extent
105 boxes, 28 oversize boxes (ca. 26,500 items)
Abstract
Contains photographs and picture postcards depicting scenes of San Francisco places, people and events from the 1850 to the 1980s
Arrangement
Organized alphabetically by subject.
Physical Location
Please consult repository.
Acquisition Information
Consult repository
Physical Description
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General
Contact Information:
- California Historical Society
- North Baker Research Library
- 678 Mission Street
- San Francisco, California 94105-4014
- Phone: (415) 357-1848, ext. 20
- Fax: (415) 357-1850
- Email: reference@calhist.org
- URL: http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/
General
- Processed by:
- Trina Lopez, Wendy Welker, Brenda Baldwin, and Mary Morganti
- Date Completed:
- September 2003
- Encoded by:
- UCSC OAC Unit
- Architecture, Domestic -- California -- San Francisco -- Pictorial works
- Business districts -- California -- San Francisco -- Pictorial works
- Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
- Church buildings -- California -- San Francisco -- Pictorial works
- Earthquakes -- California -- San Francisco -- Pictorial works
- Golden Gate Park (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
- Photographic postcards -- California -- San Francisco
- Photographic prints -- California -- San Francisco
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- Pictorial works
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
- San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 -- Pictorial works
- Title
- Guide to the San Francisco Subjects Photography Collection
- Status
- Unverified Full Draft
- Author
- Processed by Trina Lopez, Wendy Welker, Brenda Baldwin, and Mary Morganti.
- Date
- © 2003
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the California Historical Society Repository