DigitalSF is the website for San Francisco Public Library’s Digital Collections, consisting of digitized and born-digital materials from unique SFPL collections. Formats include photographic prints, negatives, and slides; documents and manuscripts; books; maps; oral histories; and audiovisual recordings. New materials are added on a regular basis.
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For comments, suggestions, or questions about the website, please email digicenter@sfpl.org.
For research questions and reproduction requests, please contact the San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection in the San Francisco History Center at 415-557-4567 during open hours or email sfphoto@sfpl.org.
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.