Tony Bennett famously sang, “I left my heart in San Francisco,” and since the mid–nineteenth century this unique and lyrical Northern Californian city has attracted artists, free spirits, dreamers, and entrepreneurs. Close to 500 pages of stunning images sourced from dozens of archives and collections depict the city from its early history to the present day.

Limited Art Edition (No. 1–75), with the print Union Square, Post Street, 1947, numbered and signed by photographer Fred Lyon