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San Francisco (Calif.) -- History The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire 
 This digital archive of thousands of images and texts commemorates the 100th anniversary of the April 18, 1906, San Francisco earthquake and fire. Features include an exhibit divided into thematic groups (such as before the disaster, firestorm, and reconstruction), an interactive map of the city with associated images, and a "panoramic collage of San Francisco shortly after the disaster." From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/earthquakeandfire/ Topics: California: History Last updated Aug 13, 2006 Amusing America
The online companion to an exhibit located on Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. It presents "the story of participatory commercial amusements in American cities--San Francisco in particular--and how they changed the way Americans lived." The site features images and information about San Francisco's Playland at the Beach, Woodward's Gardens, the Cliff House, and the Sutro Baths. From the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society and the San Francisco Public Library. http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/news/onlineexhibits/amusing/ Topics: Recreation Last updated May 29, 2005 Before and After the Great Earthquake and Fire: Early Films of San Francisco, 1897-1916
Topics in this collection of twenty-six films include the 1906 earthquake, the Panama Pacific Exposition (1915), and a 1903 Chinese funeral. Searchable by keywords, and browsable by subject and film title. Also features brief information on early San Francisco history, an overview of America during the early nineteenth century, and selected bibliographies on San Francisco and early motion pictures. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/papr/sfhome.html Topics: California: History, Geography, Geology Last updated Mar 22, 2006 The Castro
This online companion to a KQED documentary contains a historical overview of the San Francisco neighborhood and Supervisor Harvey Milk, photographs, a map, and a timeline (1941-1995). Also includes lists of related sites, books, videos, and San Francisco-based community organizations; lesson plans for teachers; and brief profiles of on-screen participants. http://www.kqed.org/w/hood/castro/ Topics: California: History, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgendered People, Notable People, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Feb 6, 2008 Chinatown
This online companion to the KQED documentary contains a brief history of the San Francisco neighborhood, a bibliography, a list of Chinatown community organizations, photographs, lesson plans for teachers, and related links. http://www.kqed.org/w/hood/chinatown/ Topics: California: Education, California: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Mar 23, 2005 Cliff House
A brief, illustrated history of this San Francisco landmark and the "various edifices that have carried the name Cliff House." Includes information on Adolph Sutro, the Camera Obscura, and the Musée Mécanique. From the Western Neighborhoods Project. http://www.outsidelands.org/cliffhouse.html Topics: California: History, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography Last updated Jul 6, 2005 The Fillmore
This online companion to a KQED documentary about the Fillmore, a "premier Black community" in San Francisco, includes an illustrated timeline (1860-2001); photos, maps, and video clips of locations and people; and information about and audio of local musicians. Emphasizes the effect of urban renewal on the neighborhood. Also includes lesson plans. http://www.pbs.org/kqed/fillmore/ Topics: California: Education, California: History, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Mar 30, 2005 The Fillmore Museum: It All Happened on Fillmore Street
A history of a San Francisco neighborhood and some of the people who have lived or visited there. Includes a report of Allen Ginsberg's first public reading of his poem "Howl" and information about the district's role in the post-World War II jazz scene. There are also accounts of the changing ethnic makeup of the area and of the businesses that lined the street at various times. http://amacord.com/fillmore/museum/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Musical Genres, Poetry Last updated Oct 25, 2004 Gold Rush City: San Francisco in the California Gold Rush
A few selective Web resources and an extensive print bibliography, browsable by source and alphabetically, about San Francisco in the late 1840s through the 1850s and beyond. Includes links to articles about ships buried in landfill, and a local history treatise about a "Californio" family: "To Have But Not to Hold: The Bernals of Early San Francisco and Their Lost Corner of the City." From Greg Pabst, an MA candidate in history and local history buff. http://gregnoevly.home.mindspring.com/welcome.html Topics: California: History, History, Nonfiction by Genre, United States History Last updated May 19, 2005 The Great 1906 Earthquake and Fire
Archive of materials on the April 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco, including newspaper clippings, eyewitness accounts, police and fire department reports, engineering and scientific reports, and photos of earthquake damage and relief efforts. From the Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco. http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/06.html Topics: California: History, Geology Last updated Mar 7, 2006 The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
Information about this earthquake that hit at 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906. Includes information about the size of the quake, casualties and damage from the earthquake and fire, information about other notable quakes in the San Francisco Bay Area after 1906, and links to photo collections and eyewitness accounts. From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1906/18april/index.php Topics: California: History, Geology Last updated Jan 5, 2007 How to Research Your San Francisco Building
Provides information on how to research the history of a residence in San Francisco, California, using maps, records, and other resources available in San Francisco government buildings and the main branch of the San Francisco Public library. From the San Francisco Public Library. http://sfpl4.sfpl.org/librarylocations/sfhistory/sfbuilding.htm Topics: History Last updated May 10, 2005 The Maritime Heritage Project (MHP)
The history of ships reaching and leaving San Francisco is presented with newspaper articles, letters, advertisements, passenger quotes, statistics, poetry, and illustrations. There are sketches of travel conditions, migration, commerce, the gold rush, and cultures. Vessels are listed, often with detailed descriptions. Captains provides biographies of "Masters under God" who sailed into San Francisco. Other categories cover foreign ports, shipping paths, passenger lists, ship nationalities and cargos, VIPs, gossip, and tall tales. http://www.maritimeheritage.org/ Topics: Correspondence, Nonfiction by Genre, Transportation Last updated Oct 3, 2002 The Mission
This online companion to a KQED documentary contains a brief history, timeline, and photographs of the San Francisco neighborhood. Includes a bibliography, lesson plans for teachers, and a list of organizations located in the Mission. http://www.kqed.org/w/hood/mission/ Topics: California: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Apr 7, 2005 Museum of the City of San Francisco
Good information about the Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906, 1989 San Francisco Earthquake, 1991 Oakland-Berkeley Hills Fire, Chronology of S.F. Rock 1965-69, WWII history, Flags of SF, and more. Also find biographical sketches and links to material about prominent Northern California figures, including John A. Sutter, Lotta Crabtree, Leland Stanford, Levi Strauss, and Joe Di Maggio. Includes chronologies. http://www.sfmuseum.org/ Topics: California: History, Museums by Place: United States Last updated Jul 5, 2004 The Panama-Pacific International Exposition
The Palace of Fine Arts is all that's left of this enormous San Francisco event. It was a world's fair, celebrating the completion of the Panama Canal and the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Balboa's discovery of the Pacific Ocean. Tremendously successful, it helped restore the city's economy and morale after the 1906 earthquake. Here you'll find photographs, memorabilia, a map, details of architecture and lighting, and descriptions of attractions. http://www.sanfranciscomemories.com/ppie/panamapacific.html Topics: Photograph Collections Last updated Dec 29, 2005 Picture This: Family Photographs of Everyday San Francisco
Companion to an exhibit created from "photographs shared with the San Francisco Public Library by community members from the Western Addition, Ocean View/Merced/Ingleside (OMI), Mission and Sunset neighborhoods." The online photo gallery features dozens of photos of street scenes, celebrations, weddings, friends, people and their cars, people working, and more. From the San Francisco Public Library. http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/news/onlineexhibits/shades/ Topics: Last updated Jan 25, 2006 San Francisco After the '06 Earthquake
"Images from the days after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, including stereographs and anaglyphic (3-dimensional) views" of these topics: Destruction, People, Amidst the Rubble, The Hungry, The Homeless, and Recovery. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/collections/permanent/projects/stereo/SF1906/ Topics: California: History, Geography, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Jun 10, 2006 San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
This searchable database provides access to nearly 30,000 photographs covering San Francisco history from the 1850s to the present. The collection is strongest for the years leading up to 1965. The photos are digitized reproductions from the more than 250,000 photos in the San Francisco Public Library's Historical Photograph Collection. Besides searching the database, users can browse photos by subject. Information is also included on copyright, ordering, and using the images. http://sflib1.sfpl.org:82/ Topics: California: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Dec 9, 2003 San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection: Great Fire and Earthquake of 1906
"The San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection contains over 1,700 digitized images of the 1906 Earthquake and Fire. These images depict scenes taken both during and after the three-day event, and include neighborhoods, buildings, refugee camps, and the process of reconstruction." Photos are browsable by subject. From the San Francisco Public Library. http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/librarylocations/sfhistory/equake-browse.htm Topics: California: History Last updated Mar 14, 2006 Temporary Telephone Directory, San Francisco, May 12, 1906
Images of the complete text of the San Francisco Temporary Telephone Directory, published in the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake by the Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company. Browsable by page. From the Web site, San Francisco Genealogy. http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/1906t/may06.htm Topics: California: History, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Mar 16, 2005 A Timeline of San Francisco History
An illustrated timeline of San Francisco history (1579-1996). Includes links to external sites. From zpub.com. http://www.zpub.com/sf/history/sfh2.html Topics: California: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Mar 30, 2005 An 'Unvanished' Story: 5,500 Years of History in the Vicinity of Seventh & Mission Streets, San Francisco
Provides a history of the area around San Francisco's Seventh and Mission Streets, including information on the Costanoans, the Ohlone, and the building and restoration of the 1905 U.S. Court of Appeals Building, "described as one of the most ornate public buildings in America." Contains photographs, maps, and other ephemera. Includes a bibliography and related links. Prepared by the National Park Service, Southeast Archeological Center (SEAC). http://www.nps.gov/history/seac/sfprehis.htm Topics: Architecture, California: History, History, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Jun 20, 2007 |
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