Old pictures of Chinatown

1850

The oldest photo of San Francisco

1906

Sarah Bernhardt toured the ruins of San Francisco after the earthquake and fire, escorted by critic Ashton Stevens

1910

Poet Robert Frost

1915

Festival Hall

c. 1919

panorama of the Palace of Fine Arts

1915

Louisiana Purchase Exposition

1954

Marilyn Monroe in DiMaggio Wedding

1928

Immigration Headquarters

1944

Dispensary at Fort Mason

1920

People on a dock at Angel Island

1934

BUENA ISLAND

1953

Abraham Lincoln High School

1910

MAIN LIBRARY

1941

At San Francisco State College

1908

Fort Point before the Golden Gate Bridge

1932

War Memorial Opera House

1937

golden gate bridge

1945

25th Street and Dolores

1927

Fort McDowell at Angel Island

1948

FORT MASON

1875

Woodward's Gardens

1920

Chalmers touring car on Van Ness Avenue

1927

LAGUNA HONDA HOSPITAL

1932

Old Hulks Abandoned off Hunters Point

1937

THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE

1944

CALIFORNIA ST.

1937

Golden Gate Bridge while still under construction

1915

Society Horse Show at Panama-Pacific International Exposition

1942

Naval Drydocks at Hunters Point

1930

ST. IGNATIUS CHURCH

1924

Corner of Sutter and Montgomery

1906

Aftermath of the earthquake

1906

Fire in the aftermath of the earthquake

1906

After Earthquake

c. 1902

CHINATOWN

1850

VERY OLD S. FRANCISCO PIC

1887

Tourists post for a death-defying photo

1872

Vernal Falls at Yosemite

c. 1902

Walley's in the early 1900s

1925

Zoravar Andranik with his wife Nvard Kyurkchyan and priest Dovlatyan

1927

Participants at Zoravar Andranik's Funeral

c. 1935

Gazebo Gardens Nursery

1927

Zoravar Andranik's funeral pyre

1905

MAIN ST

c. 1930

Two young children feeding chickens on a farm.

1927

Zoravar Andranik's funeral carriage and Andranik's horse

1901

Burial of Michael Fitzgibbons. Postmortem photography.

1906

Rock Point Mill

1867

Mark Twain, age 31

1867

Mine workers coming out of the mine shaft.

1913

Agnes and Elsie canoeing

c. 1911

A genuine "Cracker" crop

1868

Bustling downtown

1962

Odd Fellows Hall

1947

LABOR DAY AT THE BEACH

c. 1900

Courtesy of Woody Hosler‎