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Repository:
South San Francisco Public Library – History Collection
Grand Avenue Library
306 Walnut Ave.
South San Francisco, CA 94080
(650) 877-8530
Language of Material:
English
Title: South San Francisco Map Collection
Collection number: ssf.map.0001
Accession number: 2022.0002
Physical Description:
64 Sheets
(64 maps of various dimensions)
Date (inclusive): 1900-2000
Abstract: This collection of maps depicts South San Francisco including early development of the town and street layout, coastline changes,
and sites of early industries. The collection also includes maps of the area before the city was incorporated: Buri Buri
Rancho and town of Baden. Some map indicate property ownership.
Physical Location: This collection is located in the SSFPL Grand Avenue Library History Room at 306 Walnut Ave., South San Francisco.
This collection is open for research.
Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission
of the copyright owners. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements,
donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially
exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was created throughout the years and came from various sources.
This collection is arranged in cronalogical order.
[Identification of item], South San Francisco Maps, ssf.map.0001, South San Francisco Public Library History Collection.
Processed by SSFPL History Room staff in 2019.
This collection contains maps depicting South San Francisco. Maps include South City's earliest geographical formation, including
the Buri Buri Ranch and the town of Baden, early city platting and streets layout. Collection includes a blueprint map of
property owned by the South San Francisco Land and Improvement Company. Some maps indicate sites of early companies and industries
(e.g. Pacific Coast Steel, SSF Union stockyards, US Naval Radio Station, Western Investment Co.; Western Pipe and Steel Co.,
WP Fuller, Swift and Company, American Marble and Mosaic, Metal and Thermit, Stieger Pottery Work, Western Meat Co., Jupiter
Steel, Southern Pacific Rail Road, Swift Avenue Electric Railway tracks, The Federal Wireless Co., Schaw Batcher Shipbuilding,
Carson Chemical Co., Baden Brick Company, Pacific Coast Steel, and Enterprise Foundry) and the bay coastline before and after
landfill. There are also tide plot maps with owners' names listed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
South San Francisco (Calif.)--Maps.