| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — "The Holocaust" — by George Segal |
| | We will never forget the genocidal slaughter of six million Jews, including one and a half million children in the Nazi Holocaust of 1933-1945.
We will never forget the cruel apathy of a world which allowed that Holocaust and the deliberate murder of millions of other people to happen.
We will never forget the martyrs of that evil abyss in human history. Nor will we forget those Jews and the righteous of all faiths who resisted and fought that evil.
In the memory of those and . . . — Map (db m18177) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — Castillo de San Joaquin |
| | The first ship to enter San Francisco Bay, the San Carlos (Captain Ayala), dropped anchor off this point August 5, 1775. Lieutenant-Colonel Don Juan Bautista de Anza planted the cross on Cantil Blanco (White Cliff) March 28, 1776. The first fortification, Castillo de San Joaquín, was completed December 8, 1794 by José Joaquín de Arrillaga, sixth Governor of California. In 1853 United States Army engineers cut down the cliff and built Fort Point, renamed Fort Winfield Scott in 1882. This . . . — Map (db m10742) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — China Beach |
| | Since Gold Rush times, this cove was used as a campsite by many of the Chinese fishermen who worked in and around San Francisco Bay. Their efforts to supply the needs of a young city helped establish one of the area's most important industries and traditions. — Map (db m26230) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — Dewey Monument |
| | (Panel 1)
On the night of April Thirtieth 1898 Commodore Deweys squadron entered Manila Bay and undaunted by the danger of submerged explosives reached Manila at dawn of May First 1898 • Attacked and destroyed the Spanish fleet of ten war ships • Reduced the forts and held the city in subjection until the arrival of troops from America
(Panel 2)
Erected by the citizens of San Francisco to commemorate the victory of the American Navy under Commodore George Dewey at Manila . . . — Map (db m15075) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — 941 — Farnsworth's Green Street Lab |
| | In a simple laboratory on this site, 202 Green Street, Philo Taylor Farnsworth, U.S. pioneer in electronics,invented and patented the first operational all-electronic "television system" on September 7, 1927. The 21 year-old inventor and several dedicated assistants successfully transmitted the first all-electronic television image, the major breakthrough that brought the practical form of this invention to mankind. Further patents formulated here covered the basic concepts essential to modern . . . — Map (db m20900) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — Fort Point |
| | Fort Point is considered one of the finest examples of military architecture in the United States and is San Francisco’s only major building constructed before the Civil War which has remained basically unchanged since it was completed and garrisoned in February 1861. Two months later the firing on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, marked the beginning of the Civil War, but the bombardment also clearly demonstrated that brick and granite fortresses could not withstand the devastating power of the . . . — Map (db m10677) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — Frances E. Willard |
| | Inspired by San Francisco in 1883
Became the first world organizer of women.
Standing here in 1883 she said "We are one world of tempted humanity" — Map (db m18462) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — Harvey Milk — May 22, 1930 - November 27, 1978 |
| | Harvey Milk Plaza is named in honor of San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, California’s first elected official to be openly gay.
In 1975, Harvey Milk opened Castro Camera at 575 Castro Street and moved into the apartment upstairs. Harvey’s store soon became a center for politcal meetings and voter registration drives. Through his involvement in neighborhood issues, he soon became known as “The Mayor of Castro Street”.
As the influx of gay men and lesbians revitalized the . . . — Map (db m21067) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — In Memory of Adolph Sutro |
| | Mining Engineer — Philanthropist — Pioneer Builder in San Francisco. Born April 29, 1830, in Prussia. Came to the United States 1850. Settled in San Francisco 1854. Built Sutro Heights which he presented to San Francisco as a public park. Also gave to this city the site of the University of California hospital. As an engineer designed Sutro drainage and ventilating tunnel for the Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Nevada. Died in San Francisco July 8, 1898.
This commemorative plaque . . . — Map (db m21262) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — In Memory of Howard Sperry and Nick Bordoise |
| | In memory of Howard Sperry and Nick Bordoise, who gave their lives on Bloody Thursday, July 5, 1934, so that all working people might enjoy a greater measure of dignity and security.
Sperry and Bordoise were fatally shot by San Francisco police at the intersection of Mission and Steuart Streets, when longshoremen and seamen attempted to stop maritime employers from breaking joint strike. Community outrage at these killings sparked a general strike by all San Francisco unions.
The maritime . . . — Map (db m26162) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — Jack London |
| |
To mark the birthplace
of the noted author
Jack London
January 12, 1876
The original home on this
site, then known as 615
Third Street was destroyed
in the fire of April 18, 1906
Placed by the
California Historical Society
January 12, 1953 — Map (db m21203) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — Java House — Established 1912 |
| | Good food here! The oldest eatery on San Francisco's Embarcadero, Java House has served breakfast and lunch at this Pier 40 location since 1912. The classic menu appeals to all who have stopped in from sailors, longshoremen, tourists and politicians including cultural celebrities Herb Caen, Harry Bridges, Carl Wheat, to baseball's Joe Dimaggio and Willie Mays. Its hosts through time represent those who sail the seas: Italians, Portugese, Norwegians, Irish, Scots and Greeks. The waterfront has . . . — Map (db m20934) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — Military Intelligence Service Language School — November 1941 - April 1942 |
| | This building was the site of the first class of the Military Intelligence Service Language School
November 1941 - April 1942
Eventually, six thousand Japanese-American soldier graduates served their country valiantly in the Pacific area during World War II.
The United States of America owes a debt to these Nisei linguists and their families which it can never repay.
Dedicated by the Military Intelligence Service Association of Northern California on November 1, 1993 — Map (db m18210) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — North West Corner of Original Presidio |
| | This Tablet Marks
the North West Corner
of the Original Presidio
of San Francisco
Founded
by the Spaniards
Under Lieutenant Moraga
September 17, 1767 — Map (db m12616) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — 79 — Presidio of San Francisco |
| | Formally established on September 17, 1776, the San Francisco Presidio has been used as a military headquarters by Spain, Mexico, and the United States. It was a major command post during the Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, and the Korean War, and remains a symbol of United States authority in the Pacific. — Map (db m10743) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — Roald Amundsen — 1872-1928 |
| | Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian polar explorer, was the first to detect the magnetic North Pole and to navigate the Northwest Passage, the Arctic water route from the Atlantic to the Pacific. He left Norway with a crew of six on June 16 of 1903 in 1 69-foot converted herring boat named Gjoa. Amundsen spent three years on the perilous journey. The Gjoa continued on, sailing through the Bering Strait and anchored off Point Bonita, outside the Golden Gate, on October 19, 1906. The San Francisco . . . — Map (db m21336) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — Robert Lee Frost |
| | 1874–1963.
This great poet was born in San Francisco, March 26, 1874. First child of William Prescott Frost Jr. and Isabelle Moodie Frost. He lived in seven houses here all east of Van Ness Avenue and North of Market Street. Upon his father’s death in 1885, his mother took him and his sister back to Massachusetts. Frost was four times awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry; received forty-three honorary degrees and the Congressional Medal from President Kennedy; was appointed Consultant . . . — Map (db m639) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — Robert Louis Stevenson |
| | Lodged at 608 Bush Street, December 1879 - March 1880, and there wrote essays, poems autobiography and fiction.
Plaque placed by admirers of the author in cooperation with the California Historical Society.
July 26, 1972 — Map (db m18388) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — San Francisco Bay Shore Line Marker |
| | This tablet marks the shore line of San Francisco Bay at the time of the discovery of gold in California, January 24, 1848. Map reproduced above delineates old shore line.
Placed by Historic Landmarks Committee, Native Sons of the Golden West, 1921.
— Map (db m638) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — Shreve & Co. — A San Francisco Institution since 1852. |
| | From the time of the Gold Rush, Shreve & Co. has been the premier jeweler in the city, first making its home in this building in March 1906. This was one of the only structures to survive The Great Earthquake of April 18, 1906.
It was here that Shreve & Co. exhibited the 720 carat Yonkers diamond, the jewelry of Catherine the Great of Russia and created the State of California’s coronation gift to Queen Elizabeth II of England.
And it is here that this unique history lives on . . . — Map (db m9163) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — 861 — Site of First California State Fair |
| | California’s first state fair was held on this site on October 4, 1854. Sponsored by the California State Agricultural Society, the exhibition of “horses, cattle, mules and other stock, and agricultural, mechanical and domestic manufacture and productions” promoted the new state’s growing agricultural industry. A different city held the fair each year, until Sacramento became the permanent location in 1861.
California Registered Historical Landmark No. 861.
Plaque placed by . . . — Map (db m637) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — 87 — Site of First U.S. Branch Mint |
| | The first United States Branch Mint in San Francisco was authorized by Congress July 3, 1852, and opened for operation on April 3, 1854. Dr. L.A. Birdall was the first superintendent: J. Huston, first minter: A. Haraszthy, first assayer.
State Registered Landmark No. 87
Tablet placed by California Centennial Commission with the Cooperation of the Society of California Pioneers. Dedicated October 21, 1949 — Map (db m9156) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — 810 — Site of Old St. Mary’s — Cornerstone 1853 - Dedicated 1854 |
| | The first building erected as a cathedral in California, Old Saint Mary’s served the archdiocese of San Francisco in that capacity from 1854 to 1891. Once the City’s most prominent building, much of its stone work was quarried and cut in China and its brick brought “around the Horn” in sailing ships.
California Registered Historical Landmark No. 810
Plaque placed by California State Park Commission in cooperation with the Paulist Fathers and the Grand Parlor of the Native Sons of the Golden West, May 7, 1966 — Map (db m9176) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — 83 — St. John's Presbyterian Church |
| | Registered Landmark Number 83
City and County of San Francisco — Map (db m18419) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — Talbot-Dutton House |
| | Circa 1869
Talbot-Dutton House
Registered Landmark 57
City and County of San Francisco — Map (db m18095) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — The Arrival of the First Japanese Naval Ship |
| | This monument is erected to commemorate the arrival of the first Japanese naval ship Kanrin Maru in San Francisco Bay on 17 March, 1860. The Kanrin Maru crossed the Pacific at the same time as the U.S.S. Powhatan which brought the first Japanese Embassy to the United Stated. Presented to the City of San Francisco by its sister city Osaka as a token of its sincere desire to further strengthen the ties of friendship and goodwill between the United States and Japan and as part of the . . . — Map (db m18266) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — The Condor — Where It All Began |
| | The birthplace of the world’s first topless & bottomless entertainment.
Topless • June 19, 1964
Bottomless • September 3, 1969
Starring Ms. Carol Doda
San Francisco, California — Map (db m9238) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — The Garcia and Maggini Warehouse — San Francisco Landmark No. 229 |
| | At this location, on July 3, 1934, a dramatic clash occured, one that eventually touched the nation. Longshoremen, sailors, teamsters, and other waterfront workers had closed down Pacific coast shipping since May, in what came to be known as "The Big Strike". Business interests and employers, attempting to break the strike, or "open the port", formed the Industrial Association, and created the Atlas Drayage Company, which then rented space in this building, Garcia & Maggini Warehouse. On July . . . — Map (db m21179) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — The Hawley Terminal Building — Constructed in 1924 — A Contributory Structure to the South End Historic District |
| | This reinforced concrete, stucco clad building is contributory to the South End Historic District, as a representative of a warehouse structure constructed within the Historic District's period of significance, 1867 to 1935.
The South End Historic District
The development of warehouses over a 120-year period along the southern waterfront provides a benchmark from which to architectural and technological responses to the rapid changes of a growing industrial nation, state and city. The . . . — Map (db m21021) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — The Montgomery — A Category 1 Historic Building |
| | This classic landmark building was built in 1914 as the headquarters for the San Francisco Call, a leading newspaper of its time.
This building was restored and re-dedicated as modern homes and shops by a committed team of developers, architects, contractors, engineers and craftsmen. It is our wish that all who live and work here in the 21st Century and beyond will continue to love and appreciate The Montgomery as much as we did.
February, 2008
New Urban Properties, LLC
and
The . . . — Map (db m21393) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — The Ordoñez Gun — A “War Prize” from the Philippines – 1899 |
| | The Presidio’s Ordoñez gun was originally mounted in a Spanish coastal fort at Subic Bay in the Philippines. Undamaged during the Spanish American War, the gun was captured by Filipino nationalists, who were known as “Insurrectos” by the occupying Americans.
In September 1899, a combined U.S. Army-Navy force attacked the Filipino positions at Subic Bay. This gun was reported to have been destroyed by shellfire from the American cruiser USS Charleston. Some historians . . . — Map (db m12619) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — The Oriental Warehouse — San Francisco Historical Landmark |
| | Built in 1867, the Oriental Warehouse is all that remains in San Francisco of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co., a firm that was the first to establish regular mail, passenger and trade service between the U.S. and the Orient. The building played a central role as the primary storage and distribution point for imports of tea, rice and silk from Asia and was designated a landmark by the city of San Francisco in 1977. — Map (db m20997) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — The Rainbow Flag |
| | On November 8, 1997, this Rainbow Flag was installed to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the election of Harvey Milk to the Board of Supervisors of voters of District 5. This victory by an openly gay man was a watershed for the Queer rights movement. Since then, open lesbians and gay men have been elected to many levels of government in the United States. After Milk's election on November 8, 1977, the following members of San Francisco's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community have . . . — Map (db m21083) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — Vernon Alley — Legendary San Francisco Jazzman |
| | The legendary jazz bassist Vernon Alley was born May 26, 1915, in Winnemuca, Nevada. His father was a barber, a railroad man, and a laborer. His mother was a hotel worker. He came to San Francisco as a child and has always called The City his home.
As a young man, his parents took him to see the jazz great Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton. From that moment, jazz was to become his first love in a magical life that touched many people and broke many barriers.
Vernon Alley's life as a . . . — Map (db m20985) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — War in the Philippines — The Spanish-American War, The Philippine-American War, and the Presidio — 1898 – 1902 |
| | On April 21, 1898, the United States declared war against Spain. The immediate causes were America’s support of Cuba’s ongoing struggle against Spanish rule and the mysterious explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor. This was the first overseas war fought by the United States, with campaigns in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. br>
On May 18, 1898, the Spanish fleet guarding the Philippine Islands was defeated by the U.S. Navy under the command of Commodore George Dewey. . . . — Map (db m12620) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — Western Terminus of the Lincoln Highway |
| | You are standing at the western terminus of the Lincoln Highway, the first direct coast-to-coast highway from Times Square in New York City to Lincoln Park in San Francisco. It was conceived in 1912 by Carl Fisher (founder of the Indianapolis Speedway and pioneer developer of Miami Beach) who encouraged manufacturers of autos, tires and cement to contribute funds to establish a direct motor-vehicle route, traversing 3,300 miles through 12 states, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. . . . — Map (db m18145) |
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