A sweeping gelatin silver print by Ansel Adams captures the iconic entrance to San Francisco Bay before the Golden Gate Bridge forever transformed the landscape. With his masterful command of light and tonal range, Adams renders the dramatic headlands, churning waters, and expansive sky in rich gradations of black, white, and gray. This mid-1950s print serves as both a stunning work of art and a rare historical document, preserving the untamed natural grandeur of one of America's most recognizable vistas.