Sunrise from my window.

While stuck in bumper to bumper traffic on the freeway leading into the Bay Bridge, a view of the distant Salesforce Tower under construction.

A view of the Rincon Tower that stands at the entrance to the Bay Bridge

The tower of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge

 

 

 

 

San Francisco civic leaders gave this tea urn and water pitcher---with scenes of the railroad---to Oregon Senator Edward D. Baker in 1860, to enlist his support in Congress for the transcontinental railroad.

San Francisco civic leaders gave this tea urn and water pitcher---with scenes of the railroad---to Oregon Senator Edward D. Baker in 1860, to enlist his support in Congress for the transcontinental railroad.

detail of the water pitcher

detail of the water pitcher

 

 

California Miner with Pack Horse 1887

oil on canvas

by Henry Raschen (1854-1937)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return from the Bear Hunt 1882
By William Hahn
Oil on canvas
Oakland Art Museum

Jules Harder, First Chef of the Palace Hotel 1874
By Joseph A. Harrington
Oil on canvas
Oakland Art Museum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A teapot and plateware burned in San Francisco's Great Fire of 1906

 

 

 

 

 

View from Goat Island, San Francisco Bay 1887

by Marius Dahigren (1844-1920)

Oil on canvas

Marius Dahigren arrived in Oakland in 1878 from Denmark.

As there was no Bay Bridge back then, Dahigren surely became acquainted with Goat Island (known today as Yerba Buena Island) while crossing back and forth by boat to his San Francisco studio.

San Francisco in July, 1849

Painted in 1891by George Henry Burgess (1830-1905)
Oil on canvas

It is the infant village put before us, from which our great city has emerged. -George Henry Burgess

This landscape portrays San Francisco in 1849, showing the wide spectrum of cultures and commerce that gave rise to the city in response to the Gold Rush. In the foreground is the intersection of Montgomery and California (the heart of today's Financial District). Ships were signaled as they entered the Golden Gate from Telegraph Hill, seen in the middle. In the left foreground is the old road to Mission Dolores, and to the right beyond the ships are the hills of the East Bay.

Oakland Art Museum

Detail of San Francisco in July, 1849 by George Henry Burgess
Oil on canvas

Detail of San Francisco in July, 1849 by George Henry Burgess
Oil on canvas

Detail of San Francisco in July, 1849 by George Henry Burgess
Oil on canvas

Detail of San Francisco in July, 1849 by George Henry Burgess
Oil on canvas

Detail of San Francisco in July, 1849 by George Henry Burgess
Oil on canvas

Detail of San Francisco in July, 1849 by George Henry Burgess
Oil on canvas

Detail of San Francisco in July, 1849 by George Henry Burgess
Oil on canvas

Portsmouth Square is depicted in this detail of San Francisco in July, 1849 by George Henry Burgess
Oil on canvas

Mountain Jack and a Wandering Miner circa 1850
By E. Hall Martin
Oil on canvas
Oakland Art Museum

 

Return of the Whaling Fleet

circa 1900-1936

by William Alexander Coulter (1849-1936)

Circus (It's My Turn) 1882

oil on canvas

by William Hahn (1829-1887)

California 1905

oil on canvas

by Arthur F. Mathews (1860-1945)

A Studio Corner circa 1887

oil on canvasboard

by Arthur F. Mathews (1860-1945)

Rising Moon, Tiburon 1916

oil on canvas

by Granville Redmond (1871-1935)

 

Nocturnal Street Scene (early 20th century)

oil on canvas

by Charles Rollo Peters (1862-1928)

San Francisco Guild of Arts and Crafts Poster 1896

Offset lithograph on paper, woodcut

by Arthur Mathews (1860-1945)