1945 Sullivan Pictorial View or Map of the San Francisco Bay Area, California

This is a c. 1945 Ray Sullivan pictorial view or map of the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Overlooking the Bay Area from a fictional point above the Pacific Ocean, the view illustrates the region from north of Sonoma County south to Gilroy and east as far as Antioch. Sullivan uses color to identify four different 'economic' zones: recreational (pink), industrial (orange), agricultural (green), and residential (gray). Ranches, farms, hunting areas, and the Calistoga Hot Springs appear in the inland agricultural areas. The recreational zone is confined to the coast and the Russian River valley. Historic missions, vineyards, and the Muir Woods are identified within this region. The industrial areas appear along the shores of San Francisco Bay, Suisun Bay, and Grizzly Bay, and shipyards, oil refineries, and the Pan American Airbase appear here. The residential zones are in San Francisco, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, and Oakland. The region's most celebrated institutions, including the University of California Berkeley, Stanford University, and Mills College, are all identified.

Publication History and Census

This map was created and published by Raymond Sullivan c. 1945. We note only one other cataloged example in private hands. This piece is not cataloged in OCLC.