Skip to main content

San Francisco (Calif.) -- Pictorial works

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

San Francisco Panorama

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: DAG 11C
Abstract

Seven-part panoramic view of the San Francisco Bay extending from Happy Valley to Rincon Point, taken in the spring of 1851 by an unknown photographer from 1st and Howard Streets.

Dates: 1851 spring

San Francisco Streets Photography Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: PC-SF-Streets: Box [number]
Abstract

Contains photographs and picture postcards with images of San Francisco street scenes depicting buildings, people, and events, as well as views of entire blocks and intersections that are identified, and general views of the city from the 1830s to the 1980s.

Dates: 1830s-1980s; Majority of material found in ( 1870s-1970s)

San Francisco Subjects Photography collection,

 Collection
Identifier: PC-SF: Box [number]
Abstract

Contains photographs and picture postcards depicting scenes of San Francisco places, people and events from the 1850 to the 1980s

Dates: 1850s-1980s; Majority of material found within ( 1870s-1970s)

Soule, John P. , 1870-1873

 Series — Box 3
Scope and Contents Primarily landscape views of Yosemite and Mendocino County. There are several images of Calaveras Big Trees and logging, including one photo taken in Fresno County. There is one photo of the Hotel and Post Office at Fisherman's Bay in Sonoma County and one Russian Hill view of Telegraph Hill and Washington Square in San Francisco. One photo of indigenous people of California from an unidentified tribe pictured with their homes in Mendocino County. One photo of "skeleton leaves" - a...
Dates: 1870-1873

Stereographs from the Helios Pacific Coast series,

 Collection
Identifier: PC-RM-Stereos: Box 03_Helios

Stereographs of California and Nevada,

 Collection
Identifier: PC-RM-Stereos: Box 06_Canev

Stereographs of San Francisco, California,

 Collection
Identifier: PC-RM-Stereos: Box 03_Muysf

Steven S. Norris Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: PC -047
Dates: 1840-1983; Majority of material found in 1979

Thomas Houseworth and Co. stereograph collection

 Collection — Box P011
Identifier: PC-RM-Houseworth
Abstract Thomas Houseworth and Co. is the company continued by Thomas Houseworth after his partner George Lawrence retired in 1869. Houseworth was an optometrist and stereograph merchant located in San Francisco, Calif. The images in this collection contain reprints of Lawrence and Houseworth images, as well as newly created images. Houseworth was a major player in the stereograph market until the early 1870s, and he took numerous measures to make sure his work remained viable, including introducing...
Dates: 1868-1869