1906 Candrian Map or Plan of San Francisco and San Mateo, California

This is an appealing 1929 map of San Francisco and San Mateo, California, by Hermon Anton Candrian and Davenport Bromfield. Candrain published maps from the early 1900s through the 1935s. Although his maps of San Francisco are universally pleasing to the eye and well made, Candrian maps are of greater interest for their verso content, which often feature excellent maps of generally underserved parts of the Bay Area - in this case San Mateo.

San Francisco

The primary San Francisco map covers from Presidio Park as far south as McLaren Park and the Laguna de la Merced. The map names all major and minor streets as well as trolley lines, lakes, golf courses, piers, municipal buildings, colleges, street cars, railways, fire districts, and military installations. Parks and public areas are highlighted in green. Title and legend in the upper right quadrant. There is a corresponding photographic view of San Francisco on the verso.

San Mateo

The verso features a smaller map of San Mateo drawn by Davenport Bromfield, former County Surveyor of San Mateo. Although today San Mateo is a bustling community, the heart of Silicon Valley, when this map was issued it was a sleepy suburb of San Francisco. This map is one of the few commercial maps of the period to illustrate the city.

Publication History and Census

Candrian published this map from about 1906 to 1935 in various editions. The present map bears the date '1928 - 1929', but this content has been blacked out, suggesting it may be slightly later. Still, we'll go with the blacked-out date in absence of better information.