Capture of Yerba Buena
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The Capture of Yerba Buena was an engagement during the Mexican–American War, during which the U.S. Navy captured and occupied the town of Yerba Buena, California, without firing a shot.
View of Yerba Buena at the time of the town's capture by American forces. Lithograph by Edward Bosqui Co, ca. 1884.
Montgomery Street
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Montgomery Street is a north-south thoroughfare in San Francisco, California, in the United States. It runs about 16 blocks from the residential Telegraph Hill neighborhood south through downtown, ter
Looking south down Montgomery Street from Telegraph Hill through the Financial District
Etching of Montgomery Street in 1857
Commercial St looking west to Montgomery Street, with commemoration of historical San Francisco Bay shoreline.
Transamerica Pyramid from upper Montgomery Street on Telegraph Hill.