The San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection database consists of images from the San Francisco History Center Subject Collection. There are a number of collections that belong to the San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection that have not been digitized and are available to view during Photo Desk open hours.
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San Francisco History Subject Collection - The San Francisco History Center Subject Collection consists of photographs, from the 1850s to the present.
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San Francisco Assessor's Office Negative Collection: Residences and Businesses - This collection was given to the History Center by the San Francisco Assessor's Office.
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San Francisco Department of Public Works Albums - The collection consists of over 95 photograph albums from 1907 to the 1930s depicting the Department of Public Works (DPW) projects.
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San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (PUC) Digital Collection - The PUC online collection includes over 300 images, spanning 1887 to 1968.
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Shades of San Francisco - Shades of San Francisco is a community history photography project of the San Francisco History Center.
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San Francisco History Center Panorama Collection - The collection consists of over 200 panoramas of mostly 20th century San Francisco views.
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San Francisco History Center Stereograph Collection - Stereographs are two photographs mounted side by side and appear three-dimensional when inspected with a viewer.
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San Francisco History Center Cabinet Card Collection - The collection of over 300 cabinet cards includes significant San Francisco studios such as Elite, Bradley & Rulofson, and Houseworth.
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San Francisco History Center Postcard Collection - This collection consists of approximately 5,000 postcards and photo-postcards of San Francisco.
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Willard E. Worden Glass Plate Negative Collection - The collection contains 432 glass plate negatives taken by San Francisco photographer Willard E. Worden ca. 1911-1912.
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James A. Scott Collection - This collection contains over 4,000 photographs of San Francisco taken over a period of 40 years.
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Ernest Clayton Collection of California Wild Flowers - The Ernest Clayton Collection of California Wild Flowers consists of 200 watercolors painted between the years 1942 and 1952.
