San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

This organization has contributed to the following objects in the Encyclopedia.

B. Nathan & Company, Kearny and Sacramento streets, ca. 1860s.

In the fall of 1881, the San Francisco Chronicle, an early adopter of the so-called “yellow press” style of journalism,…

Emporium Department Store, ca. 1904.

The beautiful San Francisco mansion of Henry Miller stood for nearly thirty years on the northwest corner of Harrison and…

View of Russian Hill (San Francisco) after the earthquake and fire of 1906

Claus Spreckels Portrait, n.d.

Union Square and St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, California, ca. 1904-1906.