San Francisco
- Names
San Francisco
Frisco
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Located on peninsula between San Francisco Bay and Pacific ocean; was site of mission and fort, then village of Yerba Buena; under Mexican control after 1821; captured by US in 1846; destroyed by earthquake & fires in 1906; important port during WW II.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Canby, Historic Places (1984); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984);
- Born
Stephen Achimore (American, born 1953)
Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)
Robert Bechtle (American, born 1932)
Mildred Howard (American, born 1945)
Alma Lavenson (American, 1897-1989)
Nancy Mee (American, born 1951)
Royal Nebeker (American, 1945-2014)
Saul Robbins (American, born 1961)
David Rosenak (American, born 1957)
Richard Serra (American, born 1939)
- Active
Anne Appleby (American, born 1954)
Abraham Aronow (American, born 1940)
Timothy Berry (American, born 1948)
Robert Colescott (American, 1925-2009)
Linda Connor (American, born 1944)
Beth Yarnelle Edwards (American, born 1950)
Lucas Foglia (American, born 1983)
Kiuzo Furuya (American, born Japan, 1888-1929)
Thomas Ingmire (American, active 21st century)
Jason Jägel (American, born 1971)
Tomas Nakada (American, born 1951)
Paulson Bott Press (American, established 1997)
Robert Qualters (American, born 1934)
Elizabeth Quandt (English, active United States, 1922-1994)
Shreve & Company (American, established 1852)
Radek Skrivanek (American, born Czech Republic, born 1965)
Thumler Brothers (American, active early 20th century)
Darren Waterston (American, born 1965)
- Died
Ruth Asawa (American, 1926-2013)
Chee Chin (American, born China, 1896-1966)
Oai Don Hong (Chinese, 1929-2004)
Dorothea Lange (American, 1895-1965)
