Historic and Contemporary Events Image Gallery

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger responds to the 2007 Cosco Busan oil spill at press conference at Fort Mason

NPS/Craig Glassner

 

Albums in this gallery showcase images from a vast range of events on lands now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area including the 2007 Cosco Busan Oil Spill, the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exhibition, 1906 Earthquake, notable visitors, and troop activity relating to the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, and more.

Images within these albums may be used for any legitimate non-commercial public or press use with proper credit given to the National Park Service. If you have any questions or additional information on the historic images, please contact the Park Archives and Records Center’s reference archivist at 415-561-2807 or e-mail us. For information regarding the comtemporary images please contact the Public Affairs Office.

 

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  Events - 1906 Earthquake

  12 photos

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  • 1906 earthquake camp, Fort Mason
  • Earthquake damage, 1906
  • Scene of San Francisco Earthquake & Fire, 1906
  • San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, 1906
  • Cemetery after the San Francisco Earthquake and Fi
  • San Francisco Earthquake & Fire, 1906
  • GOGA-2316 Interpretation Negative Collection Fort Mason Camp 1906
  • GOGA 35256-1475 PAM Neg Collection General Funston at Fort Mason 266
  • GOGA-1766 Bx 5 F5 1906 EQF water tank
  • GOGA 35256-1941
  • GOGA 35256-2073
  • GOGA 35256-2085

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  Events - Notable Visitors

  21 photos

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  • MacArthur on horse at Presidio
  • Secretary of War at Fort Scott
  • Secretary of War at Fort Scott, 2
  • Senator Feinstein at the Presidio, 1994
  • Vice President Al Gore at Presidio, 1994
  • President Clinton with NPS officials, 1996
  • President Clinton in group, 1996
  • President Nixon and others on boat, 1972
  • GOGA 40023 Henry Family AZ Baseball pros visiting Alcatraz
  • GOGA 35288-121 Leterman Army Medical Center Photograph Prints Govenor Regan giving award c1968
  • GOGA 32470 MUWO Princess Paola of Belgium 1960
  • GOGA 32470 MUWO President of Romania
  • GOGA 32470 MUWO Chancellor of Austria ring around tree 1968
  • GOGA 32470 MUWO Billie Graham Filming 1963
  • GOGA 32470 MUWO Astronauts visit 1975
  • GOGA 32475 James A Sullivan Papers Eisenhower at FOMA 1946
  • GOGA 22018 Army Defense Installations Photograph Collection General leaving HQ Fort Barry 1956
  • GOGA-2316-78c203 Interpretation Negative Collection President Benjamin Harrison at Sutro Heights 1891
  • GOGA-2316 86-11 Interpretation Negative Collection Fort Cronkhite with NIKE 1955
  • GOGA-1766 PAM Prints Collection Lady Bird Johnson at PSF 1966
  • GOGA-1766 PAM Prints Collection Prince Charles visit PSF 1975

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  Events - Spanish-American War

  27 photos

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  • 51st Iowa at Camp Merritt, 1898
  • Leaving for Manila, 1898
  • “Spanish American War, Presidio, 1903”
  • GOGA 35288-082 Letterman Army Medical Center Photograph Prints Military Men on Steps of Letterman
  • GOGA 35346-CB001 Behrman Negative Collection USS Sherman CA Boys return c1900
  • GOGA 35346-CB011 Behrman Negative Collection CA boys on board the city of rio de janeiro mail steamer 1898
  • GOGA 35346-CB019 Behrman Negative Collection CA boys parade 1899
  • GOGA 35311-044 PT Riley Collection men sightseeing on boat 1898
  • GOGA 35290-016 Ralph A Durland Papers military men on the beach c1908
  • GOGA 22017 Army AZ Photo Collection soldiears at attention c1900
  • GOGA 40085-006 Ernest A James Spanish-American War Collection Troops Airing bedding Camp Merritt
  • GOGA 40085-009 Ernest A James Spanish-American War Collection Troops chaning straw in bedding Presidio
  • GOGA-2316 Interpretation Negative Collection Fort Mason Camp 1906
  • GOGA 35301-2838 TASC Negative Collection 51st Iowa Football Team 1898
  • GOGA 35301-2761 TASC Negative Collection Spanish american War Embarkation c1900
  • GOGA 35301-2758 TASC Negative Collection troops on barracks steps
  • GOGA 35256-0379 PAM Negative Collection Pres McKinley at dedication of Letterman 1902
  • GOGA 35256-0727 PAM Negative Collection camp merritt looking south
  • GOGA 35256-0720 PAM Neg Collection SAW Embarkation 1989
  • GOGA 17729-005 Charles Durenmatt Collection soldiers on boat with band c1910-1920
  • GOGA 17729-016 Charles Durenmatt Collection Rodeo at Camp Fremont 1918
  • GOGA-1766-0021 PAM Prints Collection CO K in dog tents
  • GOGA-1766-0021 PAM Prints Collection Presidio Presidio camp merrit dead
  • GOGA-1766-0021 PAM Prints Collection Presidio with tents 1898
  • GOGA-1766 PAM Prints Bx11 F3B FOBK Headquarters c1900
  • GOGA-2991-338 600 dpi 11x17
  • GOGA 13780-066 Presidio

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  Events - World War I

  8 photos

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  • American Expeditionary Forces ID card
  • GOGA 13265-060 Arthur J Cleu Collection Belgium troops on PSF 1917
  • GOGA 35301-1591 TASC Negative Collection Lt Allen Winslow - one of the American Aces 1918
  • GOGA 35301-1654 TASC Negative Collection airmen and plane cWWI
  • GOGA-1766-0021 PAM Prints Collection Presidio Crissy Field Office signatures on wall
  • GOGA 35222 Mule wagon firing
  • GOGA-3311-004 Tug of war FOBK c1915-1920
  • GOGA 35263 Crissy Field History Study Collection Captain Smith and Col Arnold signing log 1919

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  Events - World War II

  78 photos

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  • U.S. Service Men arriving home to Fort Mason.
  • photo of women leaning over a balcony.
  • Men crossing the ship's gangplank
  • Men boarding transport ships
  • Out for review, Port of Embarkation, 1942
  • Aquatic vehicles in the Bay, 1945
  • WAC glee club, Port of Embarkation, 1945
  • Port of Embarkation, 1945
  • Women and man with tank, c. 1945
  • Signal company with flags, c. 1940s
  • Soldiers on Montgomery barracks steps, c. 1940s
  • Soldiers and Ghiradelli sign, 1945
  • 4th Coast Artillery mine planter, WWII
  • GOGA 35288-132 Letterman Army Medical Center Photograph Prints Womens baseball team
  • GOGA 35288-167 Letterman Army Medical Center Photograph Prints military men with milk cartons
  • GOGA 35288-164 Letterman Army Medical Center Photograph Prints dental room
  • GOGA 35475 James A Sullivan Papers Nurses 1942
  • GOGA 35475 James A Sullivan Papers Parade March 9 1945
  • GOGA 35475 James A Sullivan Papers Ship Hold full of bombs1943
  • GOGA 35475 James A Sullivan Papers Troops eating Fort Mason Pier 1940s
  • GOGA 32475 James A Sullivan Papers Breaking Camp
  • GOGA 32475 James A Sullivan Papers Civilian Employees blood donation 1942
  • GOGA 32475 James A Sullivan Papers Night Embarkation
  • GOGA 32475 James A Sullivan Papers Night Ship Boarding
  • GOGA 32475 James A Sullivan Papers Troops headed for transport
  • GOGA35284-96 Fort Mason OAB History Collection interior of barracks at Ft McDowell 1942
  • GOGA 13265-006 Arthur J Cleu Collection Postcard Troops resting Fort Scott 1917
  • GOGA-2316-83c163 Interpretation Negative Collection Soldiers quartered in casino at Aquatic Park WWII
  • GOGA-2316 77c68 Interpretation Negative Collection Battery Townsley gun firing
  • GOGA-2316 87c6 Interpretation Negative Collection Battery Chamberlin Mess hall 1942
  • GOGA 35301-0987 TASC Negative Collection CAC Solidiers drilling 1941
  • GOGA 35301-0989 TASC Negative Collection range crew on stereoscope Ft Funston
  • GOGA 35301-1600 TASC Negative Collection Assembly Department Crissy Field 1918
  • GOGA 35301-2177 TASC Negative Collection Battery Chamberlin WWII
  • GOGA 35301-2228 TASC Negative Collection Antiaircraft artillery Sound Locator cWWII
  • GOGA 35301-2236 TASC Negative Collection Switchboard Operator
  • GOGA 35301-2699 TASC Negative Collection troops demo Willy's utility vehicle 1941
  • GOGA 35256-0312
  • GOGA 35256-0353 PAM Neg Collection Presidio Fort Scott Sergeant training soldier 1942
  • GOGA 35256-0525 PAM Neg Collection Solider operates searchlight 1941
  • GOGA 35256-0627 PAM Negative Collection seaweed covered mine maintenance 1942
  • GOGA 35256-0596 PAM Negative Collection soldiers in hide c1941-42332
  • GOGA 35256-0797 PAM Neg Collection PSF Lorries on main parade ground 1938
  • GOGA 17995-084 Margaret Stanley Fort Mason WWII Photos Women and Child with handy talkie 1946
  • GOGA 17995-051 Margaret Stanley Fort Mason WWII Photos Mens Basketball Team 1945
  • GOGA 17995-039 Margaret Stanley Fort Mason WWII Photos War Bond Show 1944
  • GOGA 17995-034 Margaret Stanley Fort Mason WWII Photos womens baseball 1944
  • GOGA 17995-029 Margaret Stanley Fort Mason WWII Photos War Dons Show 1945
  • GOGA 17995-015 Margaret Stanley Fort Mason WWII Photos military men with guitar singing 1945
  • GOGA 17995-003 Margaret Stanley Fort Mason WWII Photos Postcard- returning veterans 1940s
  • GOGA 17995-033 Margaret Stanley Fort Mason WWII Photos Crowd at War Bond Show 1944
  • GOGA-1766 PAM Prints Collection Japanese POWs debarking SFPOE 1945
  • GOGA-1766 PAM Prints Collection mail distribution aboard transport 1942
  • GOGA-1766 PAM Prints Collection nurses with gas mask 1942
  • GOGA-1766 PAM Prints Collection Soldiers abord USAT Maui 1942
  • GOGA-1766 PAM Prints Collection Troops at Moscone Park 1942
  • GOGA-1766 PAM Prints Collection truckload of produce for army kitchens 1942
  • GOGA-1766 Bx 9 F14A Radio
  • GOGA-1766 FOSC Battery Chamberlin
  • GOGA-1766 Loading Funston 22 Oct 1941
  • GOGA-1766 US Army Signal Corps - Troops loading ship
  • GOGA-1766 US Army Signal Corps - Troops loading ship - band on dock
  • GOGA-1766 US Army Signal Corps - Troops loading ship - men lined along boat railing
  • GOGA 32475 U
  • GOGA 35256-2328
  • GOGA 35256-2821
  • GOGA 35256-2827 US Army Photo
  • GOGA 35256-2830
  • GOGA 35301-3461
  • GOGA 32438 Anti air craft spider mounts Fort Funston 1940
  • GOGA 32438 Battery B Howe Fort Funston 1940
  • GOGA 32438 Lawrence McNutt Sr and others 1911-1914
  • GOGA 35301-2504 TASC Negative Collection Presidio WWII
  • GOGA 27993-006 projectile room
  • GOGA 27993-007 108 lb projectile
  • GOGA 27993-009 men on their beds
  • GOGA 27993-011two men in front of Pacific
  • GOGA 35301-3223