San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection - 6th Floor | San Francisco Public Library

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The San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection, located in the San Francisco History Center on the 6th floor, contains photographs and works on paper of San Francisco and California views from 1850 to the present. More about the collection