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Opening day for the short lived operation of Alan Pegler's #4472, The Flying Scotsman along San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf. Seen running on Jefferson St., Pegler is in the engineers seat and riding the tender is Joseph Silva, manager of the State Belt RR. (1972)
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Aerial photo of San Francisco showing Golden Gate Park. Golden Gate Park in San Francisco (contemporary aerial photo shown) is surveyed and mapped; The First National Gold Bank in San Francisco begins producing National Bank Notes redeemable in gold; San Francisco's population is 149,473, an increase by 163% from 1860's 56,802
Bradley & Rulofson was a photo studio c. 1850–1878 in San Francisco with Henry William Bradley (1813–1891) and William Herman Rulofson. Their studio was at 429 Montgomery Street. [1] The California Historical Society - North Baker Research Library has a collection of their work. [1] They made portraits and cabinet cards.
From March 12th, 1849, to June 4th, 1849, and a Record of the Proceedings of the Ayuntamiento or Town Council of San Francisco, From August 5th, 1849, until May 3d, 1850. With an Appendix. Published by Towne & Bacon, Printers., San Francisco., 1860; The San Francisco Call Database Background by Jim W. Faulkinbury
In 2006, a print became the most expensive photo sold. [30] [31] [s 3] An Oasis in the Badlands: 1905 Edward S. Curtis: South Dakota, United States Glass plate [s 2] Bichonnade in Flight: 1905 Jacques Henri Lartigue: Paris, France Gelatin silver print [s 2] San Francisco Earthquake: 18 April 1906 Arnold Genthe: San Francisco, California, United ...
The California State Telegraph Company was a business originally organized to provide telegraph service between San Francisco and Marysville, California.By the spring of 1861, the company had expanded its service area south to Los Angeles, north to Yreka, and east to Fort Churchill by absorbing the other telegraph companies in California (partly through enforcement of its right to the Morse ...
[1] [3] Only four of the houses in this historic district had survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. [3] The oldest surviving house in the district is 982 Green Street, built in 1878. [4] Most of the early residents had middle class careers, with the exception of three homes on Green Street at the top of the hill. [4]