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Arcata, California - The Historical Sites Society of Arcata, Arcata, Humboldt County, California. (A few of the interesting links on this web site are listed below.)
According to the website, the mission of the museum is “to celebrate and preserve the movie history of Lone Pine, Death Valley and the Eastern Sierra areas. It also explores the interpretation and artistic expression of the western landscape.”)
California Digital Newspaper Collection (description from the web site) “The California Digital Newspaper Collection offers over 200,000 pages of California newspapers spanning the years 1849-191l: the Alta California, 1849-1891; the San Francisco Call, 1893-1910; the Amador Ledger, 1900-1911; the Imperial Valley Press, 1901-1911; the Sacramento Record-Union, 1859-1890; and the Los Angeles Herald, 1905-1907. Additional years are forthcoming, as are other early California newspapers: the Californian; the California Star; the California Star and Californian; the Sacramento Transcript; the Placer Times; and the Pacific Rural Press.”
California’s Living New Deal Project, Berkeley, Alameda County, California.
(From the web site) “The California’s Living New Deal Project is a growing collaborative effort to identify, map, interpret, and commemorate the 75th anniversary of the vast public works legacy of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal. The Project documents the cumulative impact of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Public Works Administration (PWA), Works Progress Administration (WPA), and other New Deal programs on the Golden State.”
Contra Costa County Historical Resources, presented on the Contra Costa County Library web site.
Humboldt County Historical Society
(The following description is from the web site.) “The Library’s Special Collections complement the resources of the general Library collections. They are acquired and maintained in support of the University’s curriculum with emphasis on the natural resources, Native peoples, and primary industries of Northwestern California, including the history of Humboldt State University. Access to the collections is provided primarily through the Library’s catalog and this webpage. Materials are available for use in the Humboldt Room by visiting scholars and the general public as well as HSU students, faculty and staff.”
Mission
“American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.”
Map Collections: Geographic Location Index, American Memory, Library of Congress.
Panama Pacific International Exposition (PPI), San Francisco, California (February 20 to December 4, 1915)
1850 – The San Francisco City Directory (Volume 1850) – Kimball, Charles P. (Charles Proctor), 1821-1894, September 1, 1850.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1852 – A. W. Morgan & Co.’s San Francisco City Directory, September, 1852 (Volume 1852) – A.W. Morgan & Co., Greenwood (presented by the Internet Archive)
1852-1853 – The San Francisco Directory For The Year 1852-53: embracing a general directory of citizens, a street directory, a new and complete map of the city, and an appendix of general information, an almanac, etc.: first publication (Volume 1852-53) – Parker, James M Greenwood (presented by the Internet Archive)
1854 – LeCount & Strong’s San Francisco City Directory For The Year 1854: embracing a general directory of the citizens: and a street directory, with an appendix, containing all useful and general information appertaining to the city, an almanac, etc (Volume 1854) 88 p. at end contain advertisements. (presented by the Internet Archive)
1856 – San Francisco City Directory: For The Year Commencing October 1856: containing a general directory of citizens, a street directory, and an appendix of all useful and general information appertaining to the city (Volume 1856) – Harris, Bogardus and Labatt Greenwood. (presented by the Internet Archive)
1856 – Colville’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1856) - Colville, Samuel “Being a gazetteer of the city, embracing a general and business register of citizens, with statistical tables, historical references, biographical notes, etc., prefaced by a history of San Francisco, and reviews of industrial enterprises, associations, etc.”
1863 San Francisco City Directory (presented by the San Francisco Genealogy web site)
1869 – San Francisco City Directory (presented by the Internet Archive)
1872 – San Francisco City Directory (presented by the Internet Archive)
1875 – The New City Annual Directory Of San Francisco (Volume 1875) - D.M. Bishop & Co. “Embracing a complete general and business directory.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1877 – Annual directory of the City and County of San Francisco (Volume 1877) - D.M. Bishop & Co. “Embracing a general and business directory, street guide, city government, public institutions, churches, societies, etc., with a list of federal and state officers.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1878 – San Francisco City Directory (presented by the Internet Archive)
1880 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1880) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city...” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1880 – The San Francisco, Oakland and Alameda Business Directory, 1880: containing a complete alphabetical list of names, location and business of every merchant, wholesale and retail, manufacturer and professional man engaged in business therein: a classified business directory in which they appear under their appropriate headings: also a general register of United States, state and city officers, banks, insurance and mining companies, hotels, public institutions, newspapers, etc.: together with new and reliable street directories (Volume 1880) (presented by the Internet Archive)
1881 – Langley’s San Francisco directory for the year commencing (Volume 1881) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city...” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1881 San Francisco City Directory (presented by the Internet Archive)
1882 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1882) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city...”
1883 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1883) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city...” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1884 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1884) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city...” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1885 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1885) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city...” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1886 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1886) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city...” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1887 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1887) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city...” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1888 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1888) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city....” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1889 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1889) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city....” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1890 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1890) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city....” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1890 San Francisco City Directory (presented by the San Francisco Genealogy web site)
1891 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1891) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city....” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1891 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1891) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1892 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1892) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city....” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1893 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1893) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city....” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1894 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1894) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city....” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1895 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1895) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city....” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1896 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1896) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1897 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1897) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1898 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco directory for the year commencing (Volume 1898) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1898 San Francisco City Directory (presented by the Internet Archive)
1898 Crocker-Langley San Francisco Telephone Directory (presented by the Internet Archive)
1899 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1900) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1901 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1901) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1902 Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. San Francisco Telephone Directory, presented by the Golden Nugget Library.
1902 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1902) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.”
1903 - Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1903) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1904 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory (presented by the Internet Archive)
1904 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1904) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1905 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1905) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1906 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1906 v.1) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1906 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 2-1906) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1906 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 3-1906) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1907 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1907) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1908 – San Francisco, California, City Directory (Volume yr.1908) (presented by the Internet Archive)
1908 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1908) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1909 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1909) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1910 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1910) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1911 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1911) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1912 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1912) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1913 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1913) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1914 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1914) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1915 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1915) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1915 – San Francisco, California, City Directory (Volume yr.1915) (presented by the Internet Archive)
1916 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1916) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1917 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1917) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1918 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1918) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
1920 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco City Directory (Volume 1920) (on the Internet Archive web site)
1920 – San Francisco, California, City Directory (Volume 1920) (presented by the Internet Archive)
1921 – San Francisco, California, City Directory (Volume 1921) (presented by the Internet Archive)
1923 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco City Directory (Volume 1923) (presented by the Internet Archive)
(Please Note: For San Francisco City Directories from the 1930’s onward, search for “San Francisco city directory” in the “Text” section of the Internet Archive.)
Ships and Passenger Lists, presented on Cyndi’s List
Victorian Cemetery Photographs Gallery, by Bob Giles, Art & Music, San Francisco Bay Area (Use the “Victorian Cemetery” link at the bottom of the page to access the Victorian Cemetery Photographs Gallery.)
Virtual Guide Books to California, presented by Don Bain.
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