Links to Other Websites of Interest
Friends/Partnerships
General San Francisco Websites
Historical Societies
Hotels
Libraries
Museums and Parks
Neighborhoods
Time Shutter® is a website that allows people to see what cities looked like a century ago and how they have changed. Users can upload images to make their own Time Pix, or transitions between past and present.
http://www.timeshutter.com
This free app for the iPhone, lets you compare the San Francisco of today to the San Francisco of 100 years ago. Includes many photos and a map of the past and present.
General San Francisco Websites
Cable Car Information
http://www.sfcablecar.com/
This website has lots of information about cable cars, their history, routes, etc.
Cliff House Project
http://www.cliffhouseproject.com/
Spectacular pictures of the Victorian Cliff House.
Haas-Lilienthal House (S.F. Heritage)
http://www.sfheritage.org/house.html
Market Street Railway
http://www.streetcar.org/
Dedicated to preserving historic transit in San Francisco
San Francisco Convention and Visitor Bureau
http://www.sfvisitor.org/
Museum of the City of San Francisco
http://www.sfmuseum.org/
San Francisco Memories
http://www.sanfranciscomemories.com/
A lot of interesting historical images. Especially good coverage of the Cliff House, the 1894 and 1915 World Fairs, and the 1906 Earthquake.
Sparkletack
http://www.sparkletack.com/
Very entertaining San Francisco history podcasts.
FoundSF.org
http://www.foundsf.org
Your place to discover and shape San Francisco history!
Cable Car Tickets and MUNI Visitor Day Passes
https://www.sfmta.com/getting-around/transit/fares-passes/visitor-day-passes
Information about Cable Car tickets and about 1, 3, or 7 day passes on San Francisco buses and light rail systems (which include unlimited Cable Car rides).
San Francisco Architectural Heritage
http://www.sfheritage.org/
San Francisco History Center in SF Public Library
http://sfpl4.sfpl.org/librarylocations/sfhistory/sfhistory.htm
San Francisco Museum and Historical Society
http://www.sfhistory.org/
San Francisco History Association
http://www.sanfranciscohistory.org/
California Historical Society
http://www.calhist.org/
Marin County Historical Society
http://www.marinhistory.org/
Oakland History.com
http://www.oaklandhistory.com/
Oakland History on the Web (Oakland Library)
http://www.oaklandlibrary.org/oaklandhistory/
Palo Alto Historical Association
http://www.pahistory.org/
Society of California Pioneers
http://www.californiapioneers.org/
Palace Hotel
https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/sfolc-palace-hotel-a-luxury-collection-hotel-san-francisco/
Omni Hotel
http://omnihotels.com/FindAHotel/SanFrancisco.aspx?cid=sd_psg_b-property
Fairmont Hotel
http://www.fairmont.com/sanfrancisco
San Francisco Public Library
http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/
UC Berkeley Library
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/
Alice Phelan Sullivan Library (Society of California Pioneers)
http://www.californiapioneers.org/
Mechanics Institute Library
http://www.milibrary.org/
Museum of the City of San Francisco
http://www.sfmuseum.org/
California Academy of Science
http://www.calacademy.org/
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
http://www.nps.gov/goga
Noe Valley Voice
http://www.noevalleyvoice.com/
Western Neighborhoods Project
http://www.outsidelands.org/
A non-profit organization devoted to the history of the “outside lands” – the Western part of San Francisco.
Mt. Davidson History
http://www.mtdavidson.org/
San Francisco history from its highest point.
Pier 70
http://www.pier70sf.org
History and architecture of Pier 70 and Potrero Point.
