Mirror of the dream : an illustrated history of San Francisco / T.H. Watkins and R.R. Olmsted ; designed by John Beyer.

Main entry:

Watkins, T. H. (Tom H.), 1936-2000.

Title & Author:

Mirror of the dream : an illustrated history of San Francisco / T.H. Watkins and R.R. Olmsted ; designed by John Beyer.

Publication:

San Francisco : Scrimshaw Press, 1976.

Description:

300 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Site without a city -- Destiny's village -- Actual metropolis -- Let each man be his own executioner -- Dictatorship of the bourgeoisie -- Thirty days from Wall Street -- Trade winds of time -- On the altar of the golden calf -- Portrait of a memory -- Inheritors -- Diminishing returns -- Of creeping bears and the drums of war -- Dimensions of possibility.

Summary:

History of San Francisco, well illustrated, with suggestions for a tour from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Ferry Building.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

091202044X
9780912020440

Subject:

San Francisco (Calif.) History.
California San Francisco.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Olmsted, Roger R., 1927-1981.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 45194
Call No.: ID:89-B4562
Status: Available

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