San Francisco Department of Public Works Bureau of Engineering Photograph Records
Collection consists of approximately 16,770 photographs documenting the planning, construction, use and maintenance of San Francisco Department of Public Works (SFDPW) Bureau of Engineering projects from 1907 – late 1970s in San Francisco, California. SFDPW Bureau of Engineering was responsible for street improvements; the design and construction of civic buildings including schools and City Hall; and infrastructure construction. The department was initially tasked with organizing street construction and paving projects throughout the city and the earlier visual materials represent that focus. Photos also document construction of sewers and cisterns, construction of reinforced concrete, and construction of pumping stations. Formats represented include photograph albums, black and white photographic prints, glass plate negatives and film negatives.
- still image (339)
- Glass negatives (44)
- Photographs (339)
- Automobiles (150)
- Bakeries (1)
- Banks and banking (1)
- Bridges (10)
- Buildings (5)
- Cable cars (Streetcars) (1)
- Catholic church buildings (3)
- Cliffs (2)
- Drugstores (1)
- Employment agencies (1)
- Fire stations (1)
- Fountains (1)
- Freight forwarders (3)
- Gas reservoirs (3)
- Grocery trade (1)
- Housing (141)
- Hydrants (1)
- Jackhammers (1)
- Landslides (41)
- Mansions (1)
- Mountains (3)
- Neighborhoods (1)
- Parades (6)
- Pavements (7)
- Podiatrists (1)
- Public toilets (1)
- Railroad stations (3)
- Railroad tracks (8)
- Railroad trains (3)
- Restaurants (4)
- Retaining walls (13)
- Roads (20)
- Roller coasters (1)
- Rubble (2)
- Service Stations (3)
- Service stations (7)
- Sewerage (1)
- Sidewalks (99)
- Street cleaners (2)
- Vacant lands (5)
- viaducts (9)
- San Francisco Department of Public Works (San Francisco, Calif.) (339)
- American Red Cross (3)
- Golden Gate Park (San Francisco, Calif.) (3)
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company (3)
- Fraternal Order of Eagles (2)
- San Francisco City Hall (San Francisco, Calif.) (2)
- San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Oakland and San Francisco, Calif.) (2)
- Ferry Building (San Francisco, Calif.) (1)
- Playland at the Beach (San Francisco, Calif.) (1)
- Presidio of San Francisco (Calif.) (1)
- San Francisco (Calif.)--Fire Department (1)
- San Francisco General Hospital (Calif.) (1)