COLLECTIBLE POSTCARD: SAN FRANCISCO: GATEWAY TO THE WORLD /PHOTO /*RAREST* for Sale

COLLECTIBLE POSTCARD: SAN FRANCISCO: GATEWAY TO THE WORLD /PHOTO /RAREST For Sale

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

COLLECTIBLE POSTCARD: SAN FRANCISCO: GATEWAY TO THE WORLD /PHOTO /RAREST:
$10.00

San 'Saint Francis'), officially theCity and County of San Francisco, is the commercial,financial, andculturalcenter ofNorthern California. The city proper is thefourth most populous cityinCalifornia, with 808,437 residents, and the17th most populous cityin theUnited Statesas of 2022.[16]The city covers a land area of 46.9 square miles (121 square kilometers)[24]at the end of theSan Francisco Peninsula, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city afterNew York Cityand thefifth-most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the fiveNew York City boroughs. Among the 91 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco was ranked first by per capita income[25]and sixth by aggregate income as of 2021.[26]Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco includeFrisco,San Fran,The City, andSF.[27][28]

San Francisco was founded on June 29, 1776, whensettlers from New Spainestablished thePresidio of San Franciscoat theGolden Gate, and theMission San Francisco de Asísa few miles away, both named forFrancis of Assisi.[4]TheCalifornia Gold Rushof 1849 brought rapid growth, transforming an unimportant hamlet into a busy port, making it the largest city on theWest Coastat the time; between 1870 and 1900, approximately one quarter of California's population resided in the city proper.[26]In 1856, San Francisco became aconsolidated city-county.[29]After three-quarters of the city was destroyed by the1906 earthquake and fire,[30]it was quickly rebuilt, hosting thePanama-Pacific International Expositionnine years later. InWorld War II, it was a major port of embarkation fornaval servicemembers shipping out to thePacific Theater.[31]In 1945, theUnited Nations Charterwas signed in San Francisco, establishing theUnited Nationsbefore permanently relocating toManhattan, and in 1951, theTreaty of San Franciscore-established peaceful relations between Japan and theAllied Powers.[32][33][34]After the war, the confluence of returning servicemen, significantimmigration, liberalizing attitudes, the rise of thebeatnikandhippiecountercultures, thesexual revolution, thepeace movementgrowing fromopposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War, and other factors led to theSummer of Loveand thegay rightsmovement, cementing San Francisco as a center ofliberal activism in the United States.

San Francisco and the surroundingSan Francisco Bay Areaare a global center of economic activity and the arts and sciences,[35][36]spurred byleading universities,[37]high-tech, healthcare, finance, insurance, real estate, and professional services sectors.[38]As of 2020, the metropolitan area, with 6.7 million residents, ranked 5th by GDP ($874 billion) and 2nd by GDP per capita ($131,082) across theOECDcountries, ahead ofglobal citieslikeParis,London, andSingapore.[39][40][41]San Francisco anchors the13th most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United Stateswith 4.6 million residents, and the fourth-largest by aggregate income and economic output, with a GDP of $669 billion in 2021.[42]The widerSan Jose–San Francisco–Oakland Combined Statistical Areais the fifth most populous, with 9.5 million residents, and the third-largest by economic output, with a GDP of $1.25 trillion in 2021. In the same year, San Francisco proper had a GDP of $236.4 billion, and a GDP per capita of $289,990.[42]San Francisco was ranked seventh in the world and third in the United States on theGlobal Financial Centres Indexas of March2022.[43]

The Bay Area is home tofour of the world's ten largest companies by market capitalization, and the city proper houses the headquarters ofnumerous companiesinside and outside of technology, includingWells andLyft.[44][45][46]

With over 3.3 million visitors as of 2019, San Francisco is the fifth-most visited city in the United States afterNew York City,Miami,Los Angeles, andOrlando.[47]The city is known for its steep rollinghillsandeclectic mix of architectureacrossvaried neighborhoods, as well as its cool summers,fog, and landmarks, including theGolden Gate Bridge,cable cars,Alcatraz, along with theChinatownandMissiondistricts.[48]The city is home to a number of educational and cultural institutions, such as theUniversity of California, San Francisco, theUniversity of San Francisco,San Francisco State University, theSan Francisco Conservatory of Music, thede Young Museum, theSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art, theSan Francisco Symphony, theSan Francisco Ballet, theSan Francisco Opera, theSFJAZZ Center, and theCalifornia Academy of Sciences. Twomajor leaguesports teams, theSan Francisco Giantsand theGolden State Warriors, play their home games within San Francisco proper. San Francisco'smain international airportoffers flights to over 125 destinations whilea light rail and bus network, in tandem with theBARTandCaltrainsystems, connects nearly every part of San Francisco with the wider region.

THIS PHOTOPOSTCARD CONTAINS A MESSAGE, AND WAS STAMPED AND CIRCULATED. HENCE, INCLUDES A 6-CENT STAMP. A TERRIFIC FIND!!