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Inscribed on photograph: "The Arrival of the Atlantic Fleet at the Golden Gate - May 6, 1908. San Francisco, California. Copyright Charles Weidner, S.F." This photograph, by Charles Weidner, shows the U.S. Navy's Atlantic Fleet, consisting of sixteen battle cruisers and various support vessels, steaming toward the Golden Gate and San Francisco Bay. President Theodore Roosevelt ordered the Atlantic Fleet (later called the "Great White Fleet" because the ships were painted white with gold trim) on a tour around the world, beginning in December 1907, to show American goodwill and also demonstrate the power of the U.S. Navy. The Fleet reached the Golden Gate, entrance to San Francisco Bay, on May 6, 1908.

Date: 1908

California Boys

Date: 1882

Caption: "Tamalpais Views." A label in album 6 referring to photographs 218-222.

Date: Undated

Red Seal

Date: 1900

Allen and Lewis, Preferred Stock

Date: 1898

Kemp's Suppositories

Date: 1900

Caption: "Retracting 6 inch Gun.," c. 1909. View of crew installing coastal defense weaponry. Retracting or disappearing guns were a form of artillery developed in the nineteenth century in which heavy artillery guns were placed on rotating carriages that allowed retraction of the weapon after firing, to enable reloading while under enemy fire.

Date: 1909

A. M. and Co.

Date: 1876

Office Memorandum from Margaret Billings to War Services Division, Sacramento regarding summary of review in San Benito County

Date: January 9, 1946

Bear Valley

Date: 1884