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Researching generations shaped by the Bay, the port, and the Gold Rush

  
                                                                                                           

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What San Francisco Looked Like in 1856

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View of Alcatraz before the prison

View down Stockton Street

North Beach from Telegraph Hill

Telegraph Hill as seen
from Stockton and Sacramento

Russian Hill as seen from
Telegraph Hill

Montgomery St east side

Kearney Street

Custom House

Merchant's Exchange

Firehouse,
Monumental Engine Co

Portsmouth Square
Former Post Office

San Francisco City Hall

Fort Vigilance

View down Sacramento Street

View from Rincon Point

California Street

Happy Valley
(now south of Market)

South Park
San Francisco's Oldest Park

Mission San Francisco de Asis
“The Old Mission”
Mission Dolores