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'''<font size=4>Primary resources:</font>'''
'''<font size=4>Primary resources:</font>'''


[http://www.shapingsf.org/public-talks/index.html ''Shaping San Francisco'' Talks: online archive]
[[:Category:Talks|''Shaping San Francisco'' Talks: online archive]]


[http://www.shapingsf.org/tours.html ''Shaping San Francisco'' upcoming Bicycle History Tours]
[http://www.shapingsf.org/tours.html ''Shaping San Francisco'' upcoming Bicycle History Tours]
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[http://www.davidrumsey.com/view/google-earth-browser#san-fran-city-1859 David Rumsey Map collection, 1859 US Coastal Survey Map geosynchronized with Google Maps!]
[http://www.davidrumsey.com/view/google-earth-browser#san-fran-city-1859 David Rumsey Map collection, 1859 US Coastal Survey Map geosynchronized with Google Maps!]
   
   
[http://sfpl4.sfpl.org/librarylocations/sfhistory/sfphoto.htm The Photo Archives at the History Center]  
[https://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=0200000301 The Photo Archives at the History Center]  


[http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/librarylocations/sfhistory/sfhistory.htm San Francisco Library History Center]
[https://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=0200002501 San Francisco Public Library History Center]
 
[https://opensfhistory.org/ OpenSFHistory.org] Historical images of San Francisco—50,000 and counting!


[http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ Online Archive of California]
[http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ Online Archive of California]
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[http://www.nps.gov/safr/learn/historyculture/library-collections.htm Maritime Research Center]
[http://www.nps.gov/safr/learn/historyculture/library-collections.htm Maritime Research Center]


[http://www.library.sfsu.edu/about/depts/larc.php Labor Archives & Research Center, SFSU]
[http://library.sfsu.edu/larc Labor Archives & Research Center, SFSU]


[http://www.sfsu.edu/~poetry/archives.html SFSU American Poetry Archives] An historic register of the past 50 years of poetry and related writing as it happened in San Francisco
[http://www.sfsu.edu/~poetry/archives.html SFSU American Poetry Archives] An historic register of the past 50 years of poetry and related writing as it happened in San Francisco
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[http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/index.htm San Francisco Genealogy]
[http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/index.htm San Francisco Genealogy]


[http://www.sfhistory.org/ San Francisco Museum & Historical Society]  
[http://www.sfhistory.org/ San Francisco Historical Society]  


[http://localwiki.net/sf/History San Francisco LocalWiki history page]
[http://localwiki.net/sf/History San Francisco LocalWiki history page]


[http://www.sfheritage.org/home.html San Francisco Architectural Heritage]
[http://www.sfheritage.org San Francisco Architectural Heritage]


[http://urbanlifesigns.blogspot.com/p/forgotten-hills.html Urban Life Signs Forgotten Hills]
[http://urbanlifesigns.blogspot.com/p/forgotten-hills.html Urban Life Signs Forgotten Hills]
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[http://www.mtdavidson.org/ Mt. Davidson and its Historic Neighborhoods]
[http://www.mtdavidson.org/ Mt. Davidson and its Historic Neighborhoods]
[http://www.GlenParkHistory.org Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project]
[http://www.SunnysideHistory.org Sunnyside History]


[http://www.lovehaight.org/history/ San Francisco and Haight-Ashbury history]
[http://www.lovehaight.org/history/ San Francisco and Haight-Ashbury history]
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[http://www.potreroarchives.com/ Potrero Hill Archives Project]
[http://www.potreroarchives.com/ Potrero Hill Archives Project]


[http://www.bayviewhistoryproject.org/ Bayview History Preservation Project]
[http://www.bayviewhistoricalsociety.org/ Bayview Historical Society]


[http://www.presidio.gov/institute/about/history Presidio History]
[http://www.presidio.gov/institute/about/history Presidio History]
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[http://www.freepress.org/fleming/fleming.html Thomas Fleming on Black History]
[http://www.freepress.org/fleming/fleming.html Thomas Fleming on Black History]
[http://www.californiabusinesshistory.com/ California's (and San Francisco's) business and management history]


[http://www.christinewitzel.com/ DeBoom Family History]
[http://www.christinewitzel.com/ DeBoom Family History]
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'''<font size=4>Curious and Entertaining Local History Sites</font>'''
'''<font size=4>Curious and Entertaining Local History Sites</font>'''


[https://sfinfilm.com/ San Francisco Film Locations Then and Now] A Then and Now Tour through San Francisco using film and photography


[http://usingsfhistory.com/ Using San Francisco History] a fine historiographical collection of blog entries relating to San Francisco history
[http://usingsfhistory.com/ Using San Francisco History] a fine historiographical collection of blog entries relating to San Francisco history
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[http://www.sfcablecar.com/ San Francisco Cable Cars]
[http://www.sfcablecar.com/ San Francisco Cable Cars]
[http://sfstreetcars.co/ The Bay Area's Lost Streetcars]


[http://www.sonic.net/~laird/landmarks/counties/San_Francisco.html California Landmarks: San Francisco]
[http://www.sonic.net/~laird/landmarks/counties/San_Francisco.html California Landmarks: San Francisco]
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[http://www.grandtimes.com/barbary.html The Barbary Coast trail]
[http://www.grandtimes.com/barbary.html The Barbary Coast trail]
[https://ljmoore.wordpress.com/the-armada-of-golden-dreams-buried-ships-beneath-san-francisco/ The Armada of Golden Dreams: Buried Ships Beneath San Francisco]


[http://www.anchorbrewing.com/san_francisco/telegraph_hill.htm Anchor Steam- Telegraph Hill]
[http://www.anchorbrewing.com/san_francisco/telegraph_hill.htm Anchor Steam- Telegraph Hill]


[http://members.tripod.com/~WaipahuHaole1/SanFrancisco.html Digging in downtown SF c. 1978]
[http://members.tripod.com/~WaipahuHaole1/SanFrancisco.html Digging in downtown SF c. 1978]
[https://eastbayyesterday.com/ East Bay Yesterday podcast]


[http://oaklandwiki.org/History Oakland LocalWiki history page]
[http://oaklandwiki.org/History Oakland LocalWiki history page]
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[http://upfromthedeep.com/ Up From The Deep]  photo essays documenting the past and present of San Francisco's central city
[http://upfromthedeep.com/ Up From The Deep]  photo essays documenting the past and present of San Francisco's central city
[https://www.tenderloinsf.com/ Tenderloin San Francisco: Hardboiled Stories from San Francisco's 1960s and 1970s Tenderloin]

Revision as of 12:56, 1 September 2020

Dozens of efforts are underway to provide access to the history of San Francisco on the web.

Here are some of the more useful sites we've discovered (thanks to Ron Henggeler for a number of these).

Please write us with your url if you have something that should be on this list.


Primary resources:

Shaping San Francisco Talks: online archive

Shaping San Francisco upcoming Bicycle History Tours

History Pin's photo crowdsourcing project "Year of the Bay"

Shaping San Francisco channel at History Pin

Thinkwalks on foot and bike with Joel Pomerantz

David Rumsey Map collection, 1859 US Coastal Survey Map geosynchronized with Google Maps!

The Photo Archives at the History Center

San Francisco Public Library History Center

OpenSFHistory.org Historical images of San Francisco—50,000 and counting!

Online Archive of California

California Digital Newspaper Collection

San Francisco City Guides--Neighborhood historical walking tours

Internet Archive

Prelinger Archives

Maritime Museum National Park--Maritime History

Maritime Research Center

Labor Archives & Research Center, SFSU

SFSU American Poetry Archives An historic register of the past 50 years of poetry and related writing as it happened in San Francisco

San Francisco Media Archive

History of Bay Area radio

Museum of the City of San Francisco (particularly the '06 quake and fire dept.)

San Francisco Historical Maps

San Francisco Genealogy

San Francisco Historical Society

San Francisco LocalWiki history page

San Francisco Architectural Heritage

Urban Life Signs Forgotten Hills


Specific Neighborhoods, Areas, or Neighborhood Historical Associations

Western Neighborhoods

Telegraph Hill Dwellers

Bernal Heights history

The Uptown Tenderloin Historic District

Mt. Davidson and its Historic Neighborhoods

Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project

Sunnyside History

San Francisco and Haight-Ashbury history

The Historic Shipyard at Pier 70

Islais Creek

Potrero Hill Archives Project

Bayview Historical Society

Presidio History

California Missions: Mission Dolores

San Francisco Garden Registry: A Survey of Urban Food Production Zones

San Francisco History Association


Specific Groups

GLBT Historical Society

San Francisco African American Historical and Cultural Society

Chinese Whispers storytelling project

Muwekma Ohlone Tribe Information

Thomas Fleming on Black History

DeBoom Family History


Curious and Entertaining Local History Sites

San Francisco Film Locations Then and Now A Then and Now Tour through San Francisco using film and photography

Using San Francisco History a fine historiographical collection of blog entries relating to San Francisco history

Burrito Justice, one of the best local bloggers, full of history and sharp insights

San Francisco History Podcasts from Sparkletack

Tramps of San Francisco: In search of San Francisco's forgotten histories

Bill Roddy's America Hurrah!

Kenneth Rexroth's San Francisco

Memories of San Francisco

Who's Who of "Haight Ashbury Era"

1915 Exposition Fair

Malcolm Barker's San Francisco Memoirs

San Francisco Cable Cars

The Bay Area's Lost Streetcars

California Landmarks: San Francisco

Hank Donat's Mister SF

Thomas Bachand's 360 degree animation of San Francisco in 1851

The Barbary Coast trail

The Armada of Golden Dreams: Buried Ships Beneath San Francisco

Anchor Steam- Telegraph Hill

Digging in downtown SF c. 1978

East Bay Yesterday podcast

Oakland LocalWiki history page

Berkeley LocalWiki history page

Up From The Deep photo essays documenting the past and present of San Francisco's central city

Tenderloin San Francisco: Hardboiled Stories from San Francisco's 1960s and 1970s Tenderloin