RON HENGGELER |
October 21, 2022
Impressions from a visit to 608 Commercial Street
The Home and Museum of the San Francisco Historical Society
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If you haven’t had a chance to visit the museum, or if you’d like to revisit it, you can now take a virtual tour, courtesy of SF Travel.Click HERE for a 360-degree tour of the SFHS Museum. |
Main entrance of the San Francisco Historical Society Museum at 608 Commercial Street. |
A 17ft-long photograph of San Francisco in 1878 taken by Eadweard MuybridgeEadweard Muybridge panorama of San Francisco in 1878 |
The Muybridge panorama of San Francisco in 1878 |
A 17ft-long photograph of San Francisco in 1878 taken by Eadweard MuybridgeEadweard Muybridge panorama of San Francisco in 1878 |
Main entrance of the San Francisco Historical Society Museum at 608 Commercial Street. |
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The shoreline of Yerba Buena Cove before the Gold Rush of 1849.The present day site of the Transamerica Pyramid and 608 Commercial, home of the San Francisco Historical Society.sfhistory.org |
Detail of Gold Rush and 1906 artifacts from the glass case in the museum's main entrance lobby. |
Detail of Gold Rush and 1906 artifacts from the glass case in the museum's main entrance lobby. |
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Detail of Gold Rush and 1906 artifacts from the glass case in the museum's main entrance lobby. |
Detail of Gold Rush and 1906 artifacts from the glass case in the museum's main entrance lobby. |
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The shoreline of Yerba Buena Cove before the Gold Rush of 1849.The present day site of the Transamerica Pyramid and 608 Commercial, home of the San Francisco Historical Society.sfhistory.org |
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San Francisco in 1854 |
San Francisco in 1866 |
Montgomery Avenue in San Francisco(Columbus Avenue) |
Lone Mountain Cemetery |
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San Francisco 1854 |
San Francisco 1851Gold Rush ships in today's San Francisco's Financial DistrictSan Francisco during the California Gold Rush 1849-1853 |
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San Francisco 1851 |
Detail of San Francisco 1851 |
Detail of San Francisco 1851Gold Rush ships in today's San Francisco's Financial DistrictSan Francisco during the California Gold Rush 1849-1853 |
Detail of San Francisco 1851 |
Detail of San Francisco 1851 |
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A horse from the carousel at Woodward's Gardens |
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The Port of San Francisco in June 1849 |
San Francisco during the Gold Rush as viewed from Telegraph Hill |
Gold Rush ships in San Francisco's Financial DistrictSan Francisco during the California Gold Rush 1849-1853 |
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The Golden Gate International Exposition, held at San Francisco's Treasure Island,was a World's Fair celebrating, among other things, the city's two newly built bridges.The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opened in 1936 and the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937.Treasure Island |
Postcard Images of the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939-40 |
The Golden Gate International Exposition, held at San Francisco's Treasure Island,was a World's Fair celebrating, among other things, the city's two newly built bridges.The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opened in 1936 and the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937.Treasure Island |
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Postcard Images of the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939-40 |
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Salt Marsh and Tide LandsSan Mateo 1871 |
South San Francisco |
San Francisco at the Fair |
San Franciscans at the Play |
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Lana CostantiniSFHS Director of Publications and Education |
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The San Francisco Historical Society exists to uncover, preserve, and present, in engaging ways, the colorful and diverse history of our city from its earliest days to the present.sfhistory.org |
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