Sonoma
Bear Flag monument, newly erected. Jefferson Peyser on top. Sonoma plaza, 1st St East & East Spain St.
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View from Brisbane
Part of a Visitacion Valley set from Worden documenting Southern Pacific construction. View northerly toward the bay, from San Bruno Mountain above Brisbane. Bayview Hill in distance. [worden 54]
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Brisbane
Part of a Visitacion Valley set from Worden documenting Southern Pacific construction. Farmhouse. San Bruno Mountain, people in the field. [Worden 61]
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Oakland
Large crowd near Lake Merritt
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Tanforan Race Track
Tanforan Race Track, San Bruno. Possibly, Olympic Club Automobile Track Meet, September 20, 1908. The car at right appears to the the Buick 'White Streak' driven by Charles S. Howard. The annual event drew thousands of spectators and participants to the Tanforan Race Track.
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Richmond, CA
Visitors from San Francisco disembark from streetcars to see the Emeric Subdivision in Richmond, California. The 'excursion' was advertised in the San Francisco Call by J.W. Wright & Co. on 28 March 1908.
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SS Lyman Stewart
Moore Drydocks, Oakland [7500-Ton Railway drydock with 6055-ton Steamer Lyman D. Stewart, and 8500-ton drydock with 5106-ton Steamer Arakab. Moore Shipbuilding Company, Oakland California] Leland S. Rosener, Consulting Engineer] (Lyman Stewart would wreck at Lands End on October 7, 1922.)
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Daly City
United Railroads 26-line streetcar !352 at the terminal on San Jose Avenue just north of Mission Street. Conductor and Motorman posing with two boys on the streetcar. [1352-26A-01 NB on San Jose Avenue at Mission URR 1910s]
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Colma
Market Street Railway 40-line streetcars #1227 in front of Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma. [1227-40-07 Holy Cross 1910s also Line 18]
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Mount Tamalpais
Tavern of Tamalpais. East Peak with early lookout in background. The Tavern burned to the ground in a 1923 fire, but was rebuilt and reopened in 1924. The lookout in this photograph was replaced by the CCC in 1935-1936.
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13th near Webster, Oakland
Elevated view (from City Hall?) southeast. 13th Street at right, Hotel St. George 371 13th Street, intersecting with Webster Street at center. Streetcar line passing through the block and down Webster. Lake Merritt in the background. [Southeast from 13th & Broadway, Oakland]
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Tanforan Race Track
Tanforan Race Track, San Bruno. Likely Frenchman Louis Paulhan making the first known airplane flight in San Mateo County. Airplane flying over crowd assembled at a racetrack, trees line the background. The plane is a copy of a Bristol Boxkite built by Paulhan.
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Oakland
First Presbyterian Church, Oakland (dedicated January, 1876), northeast corner of Franklin & 14th Streets. Large crowd of people on the steps
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Marin County
Four women in hiking clothing, sitting on a rock [Resting from Pirate Cove] Pirate's Cove is located between Tennessee Beach and Muir Beach on the Marin coast.
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San Jose
Sainte Claire Club House, St. James and 2nd Street, San Jose. Built in 1893-1894, architect A. Page Brown (1859-1896). Extant 2019. [St. Clair Clubhouse, San Francisco, Cal.]
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Angel Island
['Quarry' Angel Island Cal.] Quarry at Casual Camp, later called Fort McDowell, on east side of the island. Stockade for prisoners at left center.
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Angel Island
['Hospital' Fort McDowell] Hospital and living quarters at Camp Reynolds on west side of Angel Island. View looking east.
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Angel Island
[Fort McDowell] Warehouse and pier at Camp Reynolds on west side of Angel Island. Large building at center was the Quartermaster Warehouse. Taken from perimeter road. Belvedere Island and Tiburon in background.
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Angel Island
[Fort McDowell] Camp Reynolds on the west side of Angel Island. View looking southeast.
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Angel Island
['Stockade', Casual Camp, Angel Island, Cal.] Temporary prison compound at Fort McDowell on east side of Angel Island.
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