The California Photograph Collection, spanning from 1898 through 1963, consists of photographs and postcards depicting various locations in prominent California cities. It also houses advertisements for a Singer sewing machine and pictures of sites in California with explanations attached to them.

The Panama-Pacific International Exposition Collection contains materials related to the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition which was located in San Francisco. This collection, which dates from 1915 through 1916, contains souvenir brochures, guides and pamphlets and a bound paper titled "The illumination of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition."

The San Francisco Photographs contains materials related to the city of San Francisco, California before and after the earthquake and fire of 1906. This collection, which dates from 1905 through 1906, also consists of postcards and souvenir booklets.