San Francisco in the 1930s

Contents

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE SAN FRANCISCO SEVEN. BY DAVID KIPEN

I. Gateway to the West

THE BAY AND THE LAND

The opening of the Gate

Earth and Water

A FRONTIER TO CONQUER

Natives of the Country

The White Men Came

Yankee Invasion

EMPORIUM OF A NEW WORLD

Smokestacks Around the Bay

Engineering Enterprise

Centers of Learning

Argonauts of Letters

Art and Artists

CALENDAR OF ANNUAL EVENTS

II. “The City”

GENERAL INFORMATION

Hotel and Other Accommodations

SAN FRANCISCANS: 1940

THE CITY'S GROWTH

The Village of Yerba Buena (1835-1848)

Capital of the Gold Coast (1848-1856)

Bonanza (1856-1875)

Big City (1875-1906)

Rising Phoenix (1906-1940)

SAN FRANCISCANS AT WORK

Wall Street of the West

Labor's Thousands

SOCIAL HERITAGE

High Life and Low Life

Before the Footlights

San Francisco Goes to Church

Gentlemen of the Press

III. Around the World in San Francisco

METROPOLITAN SCENE

LANDMARKS OF THE OLD TOWN

LATIN QUARTER: TELEGRAPH HILL AND NORTH BEACH

LORDS OF THE HILLTOPS

SOUTH OF MARKET

WESTERN ADDITION

RIM OF THE GOLDEN GATE

GOLDEN GATE PARK

IV. Around the Bay

THE HARBOR AND ITS ISLANDS

Treasure Island

EAST BAY: CITIES AND BACK COUNTRY

East Bay Tour 1

East Bay Tour 2

North Bay Tour.

DOWN THE PENINSULA

V. Appendices

A CHRONOLOGY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY REGION

A SELECT READING LIST