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Contains reports, plans and proposals, property surveys, block drawings, and photographic images shaping and documenting the physical development of San Francisco in the 20th century. Block...
Show moreContains reports, plans and proposals, property surveys, block drawings, and photographic images shaping and documenting the physical development of San Francisco in the 20th century. Block drawings were prepared in 1938 and 1939 for construction of a 3-dimensional model of the city. Subjects include height limits, urban design, lot sizes, rezoning, street connections, and redevelopment. Photographs consist of prints, negatives, and color slides of neighborhoods, streets, and traffic scenes. Photo subjects include construction of the Work Projects Administration (WPA) Sectional Model of San Francisco and the Market Street transit thoroughfare.
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Show moreContains reports, plans and proposals, property surveys, block drawings, and photographic images shaping and documenting the physical development of San Francisco in the 20th century. Block drawings were prepared in 1938 and 1939 for construction of a 3-dimensional model of the city. Subjects include height limits, urban design, lot sizes, rezoning, street connections, and redevelopment. Photographs consist of prints, negatives, and color slides of neighborhoods, streets, and traffic scenes. Photo subjects include construction of the Work Projects Administration (WPA) Sectional Model of San Francisco and the Market Street transit thoroughfare.
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Collection of 74 color slides from the early 1940s, San Francisco. The majority of the collection document the 1940 Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island, San Francisco.
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Photographs chiefly taken for use in San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) publications, exhibits, and promotional materials, as well as for administrative purposes....
Show morePhotographs chiefly taken for use in San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) publications, exhibits, and promotional materials, as well as for administrative purposes. SF SPCA building construction and vehicles; rescue, treatment, and care of animals; and shots of various types of animals, alone, together, and with human companions, are well-represented. Horses, cats, and dogs are animals most frequently pictured in the collection. Specific SF SPCA programs and events--particularly the Hearing Dog Program and Poochie Parade--are represented to a lesser but still significant extent. Most of the animal subject files are from the mid-late 20th century. Older photographs, going back to the 19th and early 20th century, are clustered in the Ambulances and vehicles, Buildings, Cruelty, and Horses files.
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Show morePhotographs chiefly taken for use in San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) publications, exhibits, and promotional materials, as well as for administrative purposes. SF SPCA building construction and vehicles; rescue, treatment, and care of animals; and shots of various types of animals, alone, together, and with human companions, are well-represented. Horses, cats, and dogs are animals most frequently pictured in the collection. Specific SF SPCA programs and events--particularly the Hearing Dog Program and Poochie Parade--are represented to a lesser but still significant extent. Most of the animal subject files are from the mid-late 20th century. Older photographs, going back to the 19th and early 20th century, are clustered in the Ambulances and vehicles, Buildings, Cruelty, and Horses files.
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The Bureau of Identification subseries consists of 21 mug books and eight volumes of photographic keys. Most of the mug books include both front and profile identification photographs of criminal...
Show moreThe Bureau of Identification subseries consists of 21 mug books and eight volumes of photographic keys. Most of the mug books include both front and profile identification photographs of criminal suspects, although a few volumes consist entirely of front view photos. Accompanying information varies according to date, jurisdiction, or type of suspect; some mug books include merely a booking number, name and alias; others might additionally include: place where booked, booking date, charge, sentence, nativity, age, occupation, physical description or measurements, arresting officer, and fingerprint ID numbers. One volume of Chinese suspects consists of a combination of mug shots and personal or family photographs, compiled by Inspector Leo R. Callagy of the SFPD and appears to track persons involved with the Tong Wars. The "Prostitution" mug book consists mostly of women. Some mug books for San Francisco suspects are further segregated by ethnicity or by crime: Chinese suspects are recorded in separate books, and there are also books for "Amateur Fighters," "Muzzlers," (sex crimes) and prostitution. Potentially harmful content: All materials and their descriptions in the San Francisco Public Library’s collections have research value and reflect the society in which they were produced. San Francisco Public Library’s archives contain some language and imagery that are offensive and harmful because of content that may reflect racist, sexist, ableist, misogynistic/misogynoir, and xenophobic opinions and attitudes. Materials may also include graphic content of historical events such as violent death, medical procedures, crime, wars/terrorist acts, natural disasters and more. The documents, images, publications and other materials have been preserved in order to present the materials in their original state and context, and do not reflect the values of the San Francisco Public Library.
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Show moreThe Bureau of Identification subseries consists of 21 mug books and eight volumes of photographic keys. Most of the mug books include both front and profile identification photographs of criminal suspects, although a few volumes consist entirely of front view photos. Accompanying information varies according to date, jurisdiction, or type of suspect; some mug books include merely a booking number, name and alias; others might additionally include: place where booked, booking date, charge, sentence, nativity, age, occupation, physical description or measurements, arresting officer, and fingerprint ID numbers. One volume of Chinese suspects consists of a combination of mug shots and personal or family photographs, compiled by Inspector Leo R. Callagy of the SFPD and appears to track persons involved with the Tong Wars. The "Prostitution" mug book consists mostly of women. Some mug books for San Francisco suspects are further segregated by ethnicity or by crime: Chinese suspects are recorded in separate books, and there are also books for "Amateur Fighters," "Muzzlers," (sex crimes) and prostitution. Potentially harmful content: All materials and their descriptions in the San Francisco Public Library’s collections have research value and reflect the society in which they were produced. San Francisco Public Library’s archives contain some language and imagery that are offensive and harmful because of content that may reflect racist, sexist, ableist, misogynistic/misogynoir, and xenophobic opinions and attitudes. Materials may also include graphic content of historical events such as violent death, medical procedures, crime, wars/terrorist acts, natural disasters and more. The documents, images, publications and other materials have been preserved in order to present the materials in their original state and context, and do not reflect the values of the San Francisco Public Library.
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The Photographs and Negatives series of the San Francisco Department of City Planning Records includes approximately 1,200 photographic prints, 1,000 negatives and 120 color slides of San Francisco...
Show moreThe Photographs and Negatives series of the San Francisco Department of City Planning Records includes approximately 1,200 photographic prints, 1,000 negatives and 120 color slides of San Francisco's neighborhoods, streets, and traffic scenes between 1939 and 1995. The earliest negatives document the construction and dedication of the Work Projects Administration (WPA) Sectional Model of San Francisco, 1939-1940.
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Show moreThe Photographs and Negatives series of the San Francisco Department of City Planning Records includes approximately 1,200 photographic prints, 1,000 negatives and 120 color slides of San Francisco's neighborhoods, streets, and traffic scenes between 1939 and 1995. The earliest negatives document the construction and dedication of the Work Projects Administration (WPA) Sectional Model of San Francisco, 1939-1940.
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The photograph album of 178 albumen photographic prints documents the campaign of Dr. Rupert Blue, the assistant surgeon of the U. S. Marine Hospital Service in San Francisco, to cleanse Chinatown...
Show moreThe photograph album of 178 albumen photographic prints documents the campaign of Dr. Rupert Blue, the assistant surgeon of the U. S. Marine Hospital Service in San Francisco, to cleanse Chinatown in 1903 of the third great pandemic of bubonic plague outbreak. Photographs document the facades of buildings on streets Dupont, Jackson, Sacramento, Stockton, Pacific, Clay and Sullivan’s Alley in Chinatown. The cleanse campaign began with the demolition work in March 1903 with a gang of deputized men with axes. Between March and October, 1903, 160 buildings in Chinatown were destroyed and are documented in the album. Of note are business signs in Chinese characters. Includes street views and alleyways of Chinatown.
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Show moreThe photograph album of 178 albumen photographic prints documents the campaign of Dr. Rupert Blue, the assistant surgeon of the U. S. Marine Hospital Service in San Francisco, to cleanse Chinatown in 1903 of the third great pandemic of bubonic plague outbreak. Photographs document the facades of buildings on streets Dupont, Jackson, Sacramento, Stockton, Pacific, Clay and Sullivan’s Alley in Chinatown. The cleanse campaign began with the demolition work in March 1903 with a gang of deputized men with axes. Between March and October, 1903, 160 buildings in Chinatown were destroyed and are documented in the album. Of note are business signs in Chinese characters. Includes street views and alleyways of Chinatown.
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The photograph album of 178 albumen photographic prints documents the campaign of Dr. Rupert Blue, the assistant surgeon of the U. S. Marine Hospital Service in San Francisco, to cleanse Chinatown...
Show moreThe photograph album of 178 albumen photographic prints documents the campaign of Dr. Rupert Blue, the assistant surgeon of the U. S. Marine Hospital Service in San Francisco, to cleanse Chinatown in 1903 of the third great pandemic of bubonic plague outbreak. Photographs document the facades of buildings on streets Dupont, Jackson, Sacramento, Stockton, Pacific, Clay and Sullivan’s Alley in Chinatown. The cleanse campaign began with the demolition work in March 1903 with a gang of deputized men with axes. Between March and October, 1903, 160 buildings in Chinatown were destroyed and are documented in the album. Of note are business signs in Chinese characters. Includes street views and alleyways of Chinatown.
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Show moreThe photograph album of 178 albumen photographic prints documents the campaign of Dr. Rupert Blue, the assistant surgeon of the U. S. Marine Hospital Service in San Francisco, to cleanse Chinatown in 1903 of the third great pandemic of bubonic plague outbreak. Photographs document the facades of buildings on streets Dupont, Jackson, Sacramento, Stockton, Pacific, Clay and Sullivan’s Alley in Chinatown. The cleanse campaign began with the demolition work in March 1903 with a gang of deputized men with axes. Between March and October, 1903, 160 buildings in Chinatown were destroyed and are documented in the album. Of note are business signs in Chinese characters. Includes street views and alleyways of Chinatown.
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Collection consists of 1,740 35mm color slides documenting Leslie Sheraton’s trips to California from 1948 to 1973. The trips include destinations of San Francisco, Disneyland, Los Angeles, Swiss...
Show moreCollection consists of 1,740 35mm color slides documenting Leslie Sheraton’s trips to California from 1948 to 1973. The trips include destinations of San Francisco, Disneyland, Los Angeles, Swiss Colony, San Juan Capistrano, San Onofre, Universal City, San Diego, Sacramento and Carmel. The shots include significant landmarks, tourist destinations, and motels/hotels. A portion of the San Francisco slides include interior and exteriors of restaurants and nightclubs during the late 1950s to the early 1960s.
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Show moreCollection consists of 1,740 35mm color slides documenting Leslie Sheraton’s trips to California from 1948 to 1973. The trips include destinations of San Francisco, Disneyland, Los Angeles, Swiss Colony, San Juan Capistrano, San Onofre, Universal City, San Diego, Sacramento and Carmel. The shots include significant landmarks, tourist destinations, and motels/hotels. A portion of the San Francisco slides include interior and exteriors of restaurants and nightclubs during the late 1950s to the early 1960s.
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The collection contains photographs, slides, and magazines, that document the work of Rick Jasany. His subjects included daily life in San Francisco and street life in the gay community in the...
Show moreThe collection contains photographs, slides, and magazines, that document the work of Rick Jasany. His subjects included daily life in San Francisco and street life in the gay community in the 1970s and 1980s. For the magazine "Vector," Jasany created photo essays on bathhouses and gay male erotica. The papers contain a handful of "Vector" issues from 1974-1976 with Jasany's published work. There are some photos of Harvey Milk and Pat Norman, and formal shots for models.
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Show moreThe collection contains photographs, slides, and magazines, that document the work of Rick Jasany. His subjects included daily life in San Francisco and street life in the gay community in the 1970s and 1980s. For the magazine "Vector," Jasany created photo essays on bathhouses and gay male erotica. The papers contain a handful of "Vector" issues from 1974-1976 with Jasany's published work. There are some photos of Harvey Milk and Pat Norman, and formal shots for models.
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Collection of chiefly black and white photographic prints of former Naval Station Treasure Island, located in San Francisco Bay, by the United States Navy in 1958-1984.
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Collection contains approximately 6,000 photographs pertaining to the run and publication of The Tenderloin Times, a free monthly newspaper published in the Tenderloin, San Francisco, 1977 – 1994,...
Show moreCollection contains approximately 6,000 photographs pertaining to the run and publication of The Tenderloin Times, a free monthly newspaper published in the Tenderloin, San Francisco, 1977 – 1994, by the Hospitality House. The photographs in the collection begin in December 1981 and end in November 1993. Photographs document cultural activities, Tenderloin residents, local politicians campaigning, protests, AIDS activism, homelessness and advocacy. Also included are publicity photographs sent by theater groups, music performers and dance troupes.
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Show moreCollection contains approximately 6,000 photographs pertaining to the run and publication of The Tenderloin Times, a free monthly newspaper published in the Tenderloin, San Francisco, 1977 – 1994, by the Hospitality House. The photographs in the collection begin in December 1981 and end in November 1993. Photographs document cultural activities, Tenderloin residents, local politicians campaigning, protests, AIDS activism, homelessness and advocacy. Also included are publicity photographs sent by theater groups, music performers and dance troupes.
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The Michael Brailove Photographic Negatives consists of 83 black and white 120 format film negatives that depict commercial businesses, residences and Freedom House meetings in the Western Addition...
Show moreThe Michael Brailove Photographic Negatives consists of 83 black and white 120 format film negatives that depict commercial businesses, residences and Freedom House meetings in the Western Addition neighborhood, San Francisco, California in 1964. The images provide a look at the commercial businesses in the Western Addition including storefronts and business owners. The Freedom House was located at 1832 Fillmore Street and the images show the exterior of the building as well as attendees of a meeting. Includes images documenting a Freedom House Block Party on Redwood Street at Laguna Street.
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Show moreThe Michael Brailove Photographic Negatives consists of 83 black and white 120 format film negatives that depict commercial businesses, residences and Freedom House meetings in the Western Addition neighborhood, San Francisco, California in 1964. The images provide a look at the commercial businesses in the Western Addition including storefronts and business owners. The Freedom House was located at 1832 Fillmore Street and the images show the exterior of the building as well as attendees of a meeting. Includes images documenting a Freedom House Block Party on Redwood Street at Laguna Street.
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The artificial collection contains over 7,100 oversize photographic prints of San Francisco places, activities and cultural resources collected by the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco...
Show moreThe artificial collection contains over 7,100 oversize photographic prints of San Francisco places, activities and cultural resources collected by the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library. The collection spans more than a century of San Francisco from the early 1870s to 1990s. The images provide comprehensive information about many activities and events important to San Francisco and its 20th century growth. The photographs document neighborhoods; streetscapes; significant landmarks; cultural events: theater, celebrations, parades, fairs and expositions; activism: protests and strikes; buildings: residences, hotels, nightclubs, resorts; and means of transportation: railroads, streetcars, airplanes, automobiles, ships and boats.
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Show moreThe artificial collection contains over 7,100 oversize photographic prints of San Francisco places, activities and cultural resources collected by the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library. The collection spans more than a century of San Francisco from the early 1870s to 1990s. The images provide comprehensive information about many activities and events important to San Francisco and its 20th century growth. The photographs document neighborhoods; streetscapes; significant landmarks; cultural events: theater, celebrations, parades, fairs and expositions; activism: protests and strikes; buildings: residences, hotels, nightclubs, resorts; and means of transportation: railroads, streetcars, airplanes, automobiles, ships and boats.
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