San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley
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Map of the County of San Mateo California Compiled from the County Records by Davenport Bromfield, Civil Engineer, Ex-County Surveyor, 1910.
Before Silicon Valley: a stunning, large-scale 1910 map of San Mateo County.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1910$8,000 Add to cart -
Being a map of central California, showing some of the people, places and events that had to do with our early days. Wells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Co., San Francisco, Established 76 years ago, in 1852
An unrecorded 1928 Wells & Fargo promotional map showing important people, places, and events in California history.
Cartographer(s): Patterson & SullivanPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1928$1,900 Add to cart -
Fortunes, Follies And Far-Out Ideas. A Look Back At The Personal Computer Era.
A period-specific broadside that maps the incredible journey of personal computing.
Place/Date: San Jose / ca. 1987$550 Add to cart -
Trans-Bay Tube Study General Plan Location no. 12
The first tube across San Francisco Bay?
Cartographer(s): State of California Department of Public WorksPlace/Date: Not listed / 1946$550 Add to cart -
Alameda County
A most unusual bird’s-eye-view pamphlet of Alameda County and the Greater Bay Area during a pivotal period in California’s history.
Place/Date: Oakland / 1919$975 Add to cart -
The Golden Gate from Berkeley Heights
William Henry Jackson’s panoramic photochrom of Berkeley and the Bay Area at the dawn of the 20th century.
Place/Date: Not listed [Detroit] / 1900$2,200 Add to cart -
Thomas Brothers Map of Mill Valley [and] Sausalito
Beautiful 1920 map of Mill Valley, with Sausalito on the verso.
Cartographer(s): Thomas Bros.Place/Date: Oakland / 1920$675 Add to cart -
General Chart Embracing Surveys of the Farallones Entrance to the Bay of San Francisco and San Pablo Straits of Carquines and Suisun Bay and the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers
Separate issue of Ringgold’s Gold Rush-era river chart from San Francisco to Sacramento with Vallejo as State Capital.
Cartographer(s): Cadwalader RinggoldPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1850$975 Add to cart -
Chart of Suisun & Vallejo Bays with the Confluence of the Rivers Sacramento and San Joaquin California
Gold Rush-era chart of the Lower Sacramento River.
Cartographer(s): Cadwalader RinggoldPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1850$500 Add to cart -
Chart of the Bay of San Pablo Straits of Carquines and part of the Bay of San Francisco California
Marvelous Gold Rush-era sea chart from the Golden Gate to San Pablo Bay.
Cartographer(s): Cadwalader RinggoldPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1850$1,600 Add to cart -
Ellis Landing Richmond: Industrial Harbor and Business Properties. California’s Richest Investment Opportunity
Rare 1928 promotional brochure for Richmond, California, as it sought to become a major industrial hub and a residential center as well.
Cartographer(s): Ellis Landing and Dock Co.Place/Date: San Francisco / 1928$450 Add to cart -
The Original Silicon Valley Map & Calendar [1994]
On the eve of the dot-com bubble: a vibrant 1994 pictorial bird’s-eye-view of Silicon Valley.
Cartographer(s): Diane GattoPlace/Date: San Jose / 1993$775 Add to cart -
Map of Peralta Park, Berkeley, Alameda County, Cal. Subdivided October 1878. M.C. King, C.E. Scale 80 Feet to One Inch. Property of M.B. Curtis.
Land grants, failed endeavors, and a fabulously wealthy stage actor: the story of North Berkeley’s Peralta Park.
Cartographer(s): Schmidt Label & Litho. Co.Place/Date: San Francisco / 1878$2,450 Add to cart -
Internationally Famous Jack London District…Oakland, California.
A scarce 1952 pictorial map promoting Oakland’s Jack London District, published just one year after its dedication.
Cartographer(s): Alva "Ted" Hubbard (Hubbard Advertising Agency)Place/Date: Oakland / 1952$825 Add to cart -
Oakland [1993 calendar map]
Early 1990s pictorial bird’s-eye-view of Oakland, CA.
Cartographer(s): City DesignsPlace/Date: San Ramon, CA / 1993$345 Add to cart -
Bird’s Eye View of the Famous Santa Clara Valley Looking Southerly from San Francisco
A rare and dramatic bird’s-eye-view of Santa Clara Valley.
Cartographer(s): Britton & ReyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1886$2,400 Add to cart -
Mount Diablo, Historic Meridian Mountain, and Routes of Motorways to Summit
Excellent Worthington Gates bird’s-eye-view of the East Bay and Mt. Diablo.
Cartographer(s): Worthington GatesPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1916$975 Add to cart -
Alameda
1990 Alameda business map with illustrations of individual owners — perhaps you know someone on the map?
Cartographer(s): T.T. GraphicsPlace/Date: Tracy (?) / 1990$545 Add to cart -
Within the Golden Gate
Ray Sullivan pictorial bird’s-eye-view with economic sectors of the Bay Area at the end of World War II.
Cartographer(s): Raymond SullivanPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1945$600 Add to cart -
Map of the Spring Valley Water Works compiled from actual surveys
Bringing water from Calaveras Reservoir to Crystal Springs – Spring Valley Water Works pipe line map.
Cartographer(s): Rare Maps by Hermann SchüsslerPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1876$500 Add to cart -
General Map of the Surveys for the San Francisco Water Supply made under the direction of the Board of Supervisors…
Large, impressive San Francisco water supply system map.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1875$600 Add to cart -
Straits of Carquines and Vallejo Bay / Anchorage off Sacramento City / Depot of the Pacific Mail Steam Company, Benicia / Vallejo and Mare Island Strait from the U.S. Coast Survey / Anchorage off San Francisco / Anchorage off New York of the Pacific
Gold Rush California’s main harbors: including the state capital of Vallejo, the rapidly expanding city of San Francisco, and New York on the Pacific.
Cartographer(s):Place/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1850$550 Add to cart
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San Antonio Creek watershed and Oakland.
One of the first maps of Oakland, with Alameda as a peninsula.
Place/Date: New York / 1857Read more -
Hetch Hetchy Water System.
Cartoonist Phil Frank’s rendition of the Hetch Hetchy System that supplies the residents of San Francisco with fresh drinking water.
Cartographer(s): Phil FrankPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1995Read more -
San Francisco Bay Project, John Reber
A little-known but nearly-realized plan to completely reshape the Bay Area.
Cartographer(s): Alex R. HuntPlace/Date: Not listed / ca. 1948Read more -
Cartographer’s Impressions of Early Days in Eastbay
Beloved cartoonist Fred R. Lundy’s scarce 1934 pictorial map of Berkeley and Oakland.
Cartographer(s): Fred R. LundyPlace/Date: Oakland / 1934Read more -
General Chart Embracing Surveys of the Farallones Entrance to the Bay of San Francisco and San Pablo Straits of Carquines and Suisun Bay and the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers
Gold Rush-era river chart from San Francisco to Sacramento with Vallejo as State Capital.
Cartographer(s): Cadwalader RinggoldPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1850Read more -
General Chart Embracing Surveys of the Farallones Entrance to the Bay of San Francisco
Ringgold’s famous Gold Rush-era sea chart of the entrance to San Francisco Bay with an illustration of the Golden Gate trompe l’oeil.
Cartographer(s): Cadwalader RinggoldPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1850Read more -
Map of Oakland and vicinity: Alameda, Berkeley, Fruitvale and Piedmont.
The most spectacular early map of the East Bay that we have ever seen, plotting everything from shell mounds to railroads to real estate holdings and more.
Place/Date: San Francisco / ca. 1892Read more -
San Francisco Bay Cities Map
Understanding the natural landscape of northern California: an unusual 1967 San Francisco Bay Area panoramic view.
Cartographer(s): B/C Associates, Inc.Place/Date: San Francisco / 1967Read more -
E. C. Sessions’ Map of Oakland and Brooklyn
Excellent 1871 map of Oakland with Transcontinental Railroad terminus – lithographed by famous African American artist G.T. Brown.
Cartographer(s): G.T. Brown & Co. Lith.Place/Date: San Francisco / 1871Read more -
Flood Property Atherton, California. Scale 1″=300′ Apr. 1936. Layout No. 8. By James & Waters – Subdivision Engr’s, Burlingame – Redwood City
Map of Lindenwood, Atherton (CA): subdividing the grand estate of silver-magnate James Clair Flood.
Cartographer(s): James & WatersPlace/Date: Burlingame/Redwood City, CA / 1936Read more -
Montclair Village [Oakland, CA]
Delightful 1987 pictorial map of Montclair Village, Oakland.
Cartographer(s): Jim KingwellPlace/Date: Oakland / 1987Read more -
Map Exhibiting the Salt Marsh, Tide and Submerged Lands Disposed of by the State of California in and Adjacent to the Bays of San Francisco and San Pablo and now Subject to Reclamation Prepared from Maps of the U.S. Coast Survey & Official Records by Order of the Board of State Harbor Commissioners for the United States Commissioners on San Francisco Harbor…
The power of private enterprise in America: a rare and important map of the San Francisco Bay Tide Lands, showcasing ambitions behind the city’s development.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1874Read more -
Silicon Valley
[Unrecorded 1986 issue] Splendid pictorial map of Silicon Valley chronicling the wide array of firms and start-ups in the field of computer technology.
Place/Date: Fremont, CA / 1986Read more -
Silicon Valley [:] Apple Computer, Inc.
A 1990 pictorial map of Silicon Valley published by Apple Computer and giving a whimsical snapshot of the era’s enthusiasm.
Cartographer(s): Apple Computer, Inc.Place/Date: Cupertino / 1990Read more -
Silicon Valley
Pictorial bird’s-eye-view of Silicon Valley on the eve of the Internet age.
Cartographer(s): City Graphics of America, Inc.Place/Date: Fremont, CA / 1985Read more -
Berkeley California
Rich pictorial bird’s-eye-view of Berkeley, including the University of California.
Cartographer(s): City DesignsPlace/Date: Pleasanton / ca. 1985Read more -
Walnut Creek California
1985 pictorial bird’s-eye-view of Walnut Creek.
Cartographer(s): Joseph C. PipiaPlace/Date: Not listed / 1985Read more -
Silicon Valley
A tongue-in-cheek map that is rooted in the work of Saul Steinberg’s famous “View of the World from 9th Avenue.”
Cartographer(s): Kirby ScudderPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1986Read more -
A Pictorial Map of Palo Alto and the San Francisco Peninsula
1950s pictographic map and promotional pamphlet for Palo Alto, CA, the “University City.”
Cartographer(s): Palo Alto Chamber of CommercePlace/Date: Palo Alto / ca. 1950Read more -
San Francisco Entrance
Attractive chart of the Bay Area with detailed mapping of San Francisco, the East Bay, and Marin County.
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1940Read more -
Texaco Harbor Guide: San Francisco Bay, Calif.
1936 Bay Area guide map of harbors, lighthouses, buoys, and fisheries.
Cartographer(s): The Texas CompanyPlace/Date: New York / 1936Read more -
San Francisco to Point Arena
World War II era coastal chart from San Francisco to Point Arena.
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1940Read more -
Map showing sources and lines of Water Supply proposed for the City of San Francisco 1877
Sustaining a growing city – detailed proposal map for supplying water to San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): Britton & ReyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1877Read more -
San Mateo Quadrangle (Topography)
1913 topographic map of San Mateo County – early city grids
Cartographer(s): U.S. Geological Survey; George Otis Smith (Director)Place/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1913Read more -
Haywards Quadrangle (Topography)
1913 topographic map of Fremont, Hayward, and San Leandro.
Cartographer(s): U.S. Geological Survey; George Otis Smith (Director)Place/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1913Read more -
4 San Francisco water supply maps
Four 1875 city water supply maps for San Francisco, engraved by the famous George Baker.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1875Read more -
Stanford University
1963 bird’s-eye-view of Stanford University
Cartographer(s): Ralph C. ArnholdPlace/Date: Palo Alto / 1963Read more -
The California Herald
Important document of the California Gold Rush
Cartographer(s): James Gordon BennettPlace/Date: New York / 1Read more -
A map of Berkeley, Oakland & Alameda
Exceptional 1930 Art Deco pictorial map of the East Bay.
Cartographer(s): Eugene Neuhaus; Sather Gate Book ShopPlace/Date: Berkeley / 1930Read more -
San Francisco Bay Cities Map
1967 San Francisco Bay Area panoramic view.
Cartographer(s): B/C Associates, Inc.Place/Date: San Francisco / 1967Read more -
Preliminary Chart of Entrance to San Francisco Bay California
Gold Rush era sea chart of San Francisco Bay
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1856Read more -
Denny’s pocket map of Solano County, California. Compiled from latest official and private data
1915 map of Solano county with Sonoma, Napa, and Vallejo town-plans
Cartographer(s): Edward Denny & Co.Place/Date: San Francisco / 1915Read more -
A Pictorial Map of Palo Alto and the San Francisco Peninsula
Superb 1940s pictorial map with Stanford University
Cartographer(s): Palo Alto Chamber of CommercePlace/Date: Palo Alto / ca. 1940Read more -
San Antonio Creek California
1857 United States Coast Survey map of old San Antonio Creek watershed and Oakland.
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1857Read more -
Map of Santa Clara County showing topography, geography, post offices, school houses, county roads, etc. Compiled for the San Jose Board of Trade
Map of Santa Clara County with Bay Area inset
Cartographer(s): H.X. Van de CasteelePlace/Date: San Jose / 1887Read more -
Map of the City of San Jose
Scarce 19th century real estate promotional map of San Jose.
Cartographer(s): Jas. A. Clayton & Co.Place/Date: San Jose / ca. 1888Read more -
Harbour of San Francisco California. Sketched from Beechey’s Surveys
Authoritative 1849 Gold Rush map of San Francisco Bay.
Cartographer(s): Joseph Warren ReverePlace/Date: New York / 1849Read more -
Map of the Country 40 Miles Around San Francisco, Exhibiting County Lines, and correct Plats of all the Ranchos finally surveyed and of the Public Land Sectionized. Compiled from United States Surveys by Leander Ransom
A rare and important 1860 Bay Area rancho map.
Cartographer(s): Leander RansomPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1860Read more -
Sketch J No. 12 Reconnaissance of the Western Coast of the United States from Monterey to the Columbia River in three sheets Sheet No. 1
Coast Survey chart of the Pacific Coast from Monterey to Mendocino with inset profile of the Golden Gate.
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1851Read more -
Preliminary Chart of Entrance to San Francisco Bay California
Lovely hand-colored 1856 United States Coast Survey sea chart of the Bay Area.
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1856Read more -
New Relief Map of the Bay Counties
Wonderful Whitaker & Ray pictorial wall map of the Bay Area
Cartographer(s): Whitaker & Ray Co.Place/Date: San Francisco / 1905Read more -
Diagram showing Post Offices, visited by trains of the Central Pacific Rail Road on the local lines
1879 map of Oakland post offices and Central Pacific rail routes.
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: Not listed / 1879Read more -
Sketch J No. 2 Mare Island Strait California
1851 United States Coast Survey map of Mare Island and Vallejo
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1851Read more
