San Francisco

San Francisco
project title	Once upon a time, San Francisco
description	articles, old photos, maps about the history, human and natural landscape of San Francisco, from its origins to the eve of the second world war
number of pages	558
number of illustrations	120
total size	11.9 MB
theme	Aera Nova
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status	sold

Table of Contents

Gateway to the West • The Bay and the Land • The Opening of the Gate • Earth and Water • The Climate • Wild Life • A Frontier to Conquer • Natives of the Country • The White Men Came • Yankee Invasion • Emporium of a New World • World Port • Smokestacks Around the Bay • Engineering Enterprise • Golden Era • Centers of Learning • Argonauts of Letters • Art and Artists • Calendar of Events • The City • General Information • San Franciscans: 1940 • The City's Growth • The Village Of Yerba Buena (1835-1848) • Capital of the Gold Coast (1848-1856) • Bonanza (1856-1875) • Big City (1875-1906) • Rising Phoenix (1906-1940) • San Franciscans at Work • Wall Street of the West • Labor's Thousands • Social Heritage • High Life and Low Life • Before the Footlights • Music Makers • San Francisco Goes to Church • Gentlemen of the Press • Around the World in San Francisco • Civic Center • Metropolitan Scene • Landmarks of the Old Town • Chinatown • Latin Quarter: Telegraph Hill and North Beach • Lords of the Hilltops • Embarcadero • South of Market • Western Addition • Rim of the Golden Gate • Golden Gate Park • Around the Bay • The Harbor and its Islands • The Farallones • Alcatraz • Angel Island • Yerba Buena • Treasure Island • East Bay: Cities and Back Country • Oakland • Berkeley • Alameda • East Bay Tour 1 • East Bay Tour 2 • North Bay Tour • Down the Peninsula • Peninsula Tour • San Jose • A Chronology of the San Francisco Bay Region • A Selected Reading List