Pilarcitos Reservoir
San Mateo County, View north toward Pilarcitos Reservoir and earthen dam. [D-3105 D3105 Winter 1866-67 Showing Reservoir, former waste weir in operation and camp]
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San Leandro
[#209 T.E. Hecht 2321 Cal. St. Earthquake 1868] Children and women posing in front of earthquake damaged two story brick building with well beside. View of Estudillo residence in San Leandro after October 21, 1868 earthquake.
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Millbrae, CA
Men standing underneath a steam-engine-powered airship balloon built by newspaper editor Frederick H. Marriott. The 'Avitor Hermes, Jr.' was 37 feet long and tested on a tether at Marriott's Avitor Works adjacent to Shell Mound Lake. [318. The Aerial Steam Navigation Co.'s Steamer Avitor]
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Oakland Panorama
Part 2. From 14th and Webster
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Oakland Panorama
Part 1. From 14th and Webster
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Oakland City Hall
1970s copy photograph of Oakland City Hall of 1870-1871, at 14th and Webster Streets. It burned in 1877. (WMK)
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Sausalito
View looking south of ship at anchor off Sausalito. Anchor hanging from cathead. Pile driver at left. Fort Baker behind ship, city skyline in background.
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William Kent Home
Kentfield, Marin County, Mount Tamalpais in background, John Rudolph Leavenworth worked as a photographer for Thomas Houseworth and Company from 1869 until 1878.
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Sausalito, Old Town
Mislabeled 'Government Station Angel Island.' (Caption incorrect) View south on present day Bridgeway.
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Jannette, steamer
[Janette off Mare Island Cal 19.E] Arctic exploration vessel. Steam powered ship with 3 auxiliary sail masts at anchor. [F810 SH-495[]]
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Oakland
Part 2 of a 7 part panoramic view from Oakland City Hall, looking west on 14th Street. Roof of public library in foreground. First Methodist Church, southeast corner Clay and 14th, dedicated May 21, 1876.
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Oakland
Part 5 of a 7-part panoramic view from Oakland City Hall. View southeast from near junction of 14th St., Broadway, and San Pablo Ave toward Lake Merritt. Gardner Bros. Music Store (1216 San Pablo later renumbered, Hardware, Broadway Paint Shop. At right, First Presbyterian Church (dedicated January, 1876), northeast corner of Franklin and 14th St. At bottom left is the bell tower of Oakland Phoenix No. 1 fire company.
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Downtown Oakland
Part 6 of a 7-part panoramic view from Oakland City Hall. View southeast from near junction of 14th, Broadway, and San Pablo at lower left. Grand Central Hotel (12th St. between Franklin & Webster) is large building with tower in center distance, burned March 9, 1880. At lower right corner, James Hutchinson Nursery, Floral and Seed Depot, southeast corner 14th and Washington. J.J. O'Brien Dry Goods, southwest corner 13th and Broadway. 14th street not yet cut through to Broadway.
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Oakland
Part 3 of a 7-part panoramic view from Oakland City Hall. View northwest. San Pablo Avenue runs diagonally at upper right. 15th street from bottom right.
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UC Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley. Bacon Art & Library Building at center (Present site of Birge Hall). North Hall at left, South Hall at right. Woman with child posing. View east.
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UC Berkeley
View southeast to South Hall and octagonal building.
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San Rafael
Marin County, John Mahncken's German Hotel, built 1877
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Angel Island
Point Stuart Battery, Army officer holding parasol with two women and a dog. Three 32-pounder cannon on wooden carriages, which appear deteriorated. These guns were installed during the Civil War and decommissioned in the 1870's. (One source attributes this photo to Carleton Watkins.)
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Sonoma Plaza
Left building is Old Sonoma Adobe Barracks occupied by the U.S. Officers and Troops in 1846 (according to Jesse Cook). two men in a buggy pulled by a mule. same location as wnp13.202
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Ferryboat on SF Bay
[B 2687 Distant view of San Francisco from Alameda Ferry Landing. Taber Photo., San Francisco.] Ferry boat steaming in bay with city in background.
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