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The Ramos Pioneer St. Helena Sherry House

Date: 1882

Rising Sun Plug Cut Smoking Tobacco

Date: 1890

Southfield Wellington

Date: 1885

Caption: "Presidio Main Avenue," c. 1906, shows a tree lined dirt road in the Presidio. Established in 1776 by Spanish explorers, the Presidio is a fortified location overlooking the Golden Gate, the entrance into San Francisco Bay. It was closed as a military structure in 1995, and is now a park within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

Date: 1906

Caption: "East Lake [sic] Park, Los Angeles," c. 1906. Eastlake Park in Los Angeles was originally created by the city in 1881 under the name "East Los Angeles Park." Renamed Eastlake Park in 1901, it gained its current name, Lincoln Park, in 1917. This photograph shows the park's elaborate bandstand and portions of the lake for which the park is named.

Date: 1906

Caption: "Sutro Baths Interior," c. 1906. Designed by Adolph Sutro in 1894, the bathhouses at one time covered three oceanfront acres just north of Ocean Beach and the Cliff House. Eventually, the Sutro Baths fell into disrepair and what was left of them burned down in 1966. Since 1973, the concrete ruins have been part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

Date: 1906

Caption: "Donner Lake -- view from the highway at the summit." Mountain scene with Donner Lake in far distance.

Date: 1927

Malt-Wheat Granules

Date: 1900

The Original Kapp and Street Tamale

Date: 1897

Caption: "California Street looking to the Ferry," 1906. A view of the destruction along California street after the earthquake and fire.

Date: 1906