- Cable Cars@
Travel by the Cable Cars, or the San Francisco Municipal Railway (MUNI), the world's last manually operated cable car system. Sites feature history, route maps, photographs, interactive demos, mailing list, and preservation and operation of historic street cars in San Francisco.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Mass_Transit/San_Francisco_Municipal_Railway__MUNI_
- Digger Archives, The (1966-1968)
Preserves and presents the history of the anarchist guerilla street theater group that challenged the emerging Counterculture of the Sixties.
www.diggers.org
- 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire@
Learn about the 1906 Sanfrancisco earthquake and fire, one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States. Sites include earthquake details, death toll, photographs, eyewitness accounts, virtual tour, commemoration, and reenactment of the historic seismic catastrophe and resulting fires which changed the entire economic and cultural face of San Francisco.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Historic_Earthquakes/San_Francisco__California___April_18__1906
- Heart of the City
Includes city history, lore, architectural highlights, guides to local joints, and more. By Hank Donat, AKA Mister SF.
www.mistersf.com
- Shaping San Francisco
Interactive multimedia excavation of the lost history of the city.
www.shapingsf.org
- Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915
Images and history.
www.sanfranciscomemories.com/ppie/panamapacific.html
- San Francisco County Genealogy
Resources and links for researching San Francisco ancestors including libraries and archives, vital records, history, cemeteries, and queries and other helpful information.
www.sfgenealogy.com
- Summer of Love
A fond tour through the Summer of Love, 1967: the people, counter-culture, places, art, music and politics. Realaudio interviews, more.
www.sftoday.com/enn2/summerlove.htm
- 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake@
Learn about the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, one of the most severe earthquakes to hit the San Francisco Bay Area, CA. Sites feature quake reports, 911 transcripts, photos, personal stories, rebuilding process, and retrospective speculations about the earthquake during which the Cypress Viaduct collapsed.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Historic_Earthquakes/Loma_Prieta__California___October_17__1989
- WHAT IM SEEING dot com
San Francisco photo blog focusing on history, current events, and day-to-day life thru the lens of their cameras.
whatimseeing.com
- San Francisco Cemeteries
Before you buy that house in North Beach, Pacific Heights, the Sunset, or the Richmond District, check to see where they used to bury the dead.
www.sanfranciscocemeteries.com
- San Francisco Memories
A collection of historic facts and images.
www.sanfranciscomemories.com
- San Francisco General Strike of 1934@
Find sites for San Francisco General Strike of 1934 which triggered a unified strike of sailors along all the West Coast ports of the United States. Sites background information, magazine articles, virtual tour, and bibliography for the strike also known as West Coast Longshire Strike which lasted eighty three days.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Labor/San_Francisco_General_Strike_of_1934
- Hunter's Point History
Includes images and viewbook.
www.zpub.com/sf/thepoint/point-h.html
- Sutro Baths (2)
Learn about Sutro Baths, the world's largest indoor swimming pool establishment built by Adolph Sutro, on the west of San Francisco in 1896. Sites include historical background, magazine article, and photographs of the bath whose remains are still the landmarks of San Francisco's history.
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Sutro_Baths
- San Francisco History [zpub.com]
Links include a timeline with photos.
www.zpub.com/sf/history
- San Francisco County Historical Landmarks
Photos of historical plaque markers.
www.sonic.net/~laird/landmarks/counties/San_Francisco.html
- Martyrdom of Mayor George Moscone
Story of the mayor who fell victim to the gun of Dan White.
www.notfrisco.com/colmatales/moscone
- San Francisco Seals@
Find sites for San Francisco Seals, a minor league baseball team which played in the Pacific Coast League from 1903 until 1957. Sites include history, photos, and sites for the stadium named after the pioneering baseball team as well as its legacy for the history of San Francisco.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Former_Teams/San_Francisco_Seals
- Filling the Marina
An interview with Robert MacKimmie of the California Historical Society.
www.exploratorium.edu/marina
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