Side wheel steamer Orziba near a dock or harbor, ca.1885 

Half-tone print of a painting by Routledge of the California, a side wheel steamer, the first American steamship to round the Horn, ca.1850 

Painting of the Orizaba, a side wheel steamer of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, later Pacific Mail Transportation Company, ca.1880-1890 

Steamer ship Santa Rosa in San Francisco bay the day California volunteers returned from Manila during the Spanish-American War, 1898 

View of the Catalina passenger steamer Cabrillo loading passengers and freight alongside a Wilmington wharf, ca.1900 

Navy training ship U.S.S. Ranger in San Diego harbor, ca.1884-1885 

The Oregon, the second steamship to reach San Francisco from New York 

View of the Old Steamship Wharf at foot of 5th Street, San Diego, July 1886 

Drawing by Walter Francis depicting the ship San Carlos entering the bay of San Francisco on August 5, 1775, [s.d.] 

Avalon Bay at Santa Catalina Island, showing children diving for coins thrown from a steamer, ca.1905 

Passenger liner Resolute moored alongside a wharf in San Pedro Harbor, May 11, 1928 

Shipping at Honolulu harbor, ca.1907-1910 

Three-quarter bow view of a fully rigged ship sailing out from San Diego, ca.1904 

Two frigates and two smaller boats are moving about in the waters of the San Francisco Bay, ca.1900 

View of Avalon Harbor with a steamer at the dock, ca.1908 

San Diego Pacific Coast Steamship landing, foot of Broadway, ca.1885-1886 

Docked sailing ships with returned Spanish-American War volunteers in San Francisco bay, 1898 

Portside view of "Old Ironsides" replica at a harbor, San Pedro, ca.1926 

Old sailing ship moving across the ocean, San Diego, ca.1900 

Interior view of the chapel at the Guajome Ranch in San Diego (Mission San Diego Alcala?), ca.1900