Contains 47 photos
Aerial view; Alcatraz and Angel Island in distance. Note circle at right where gas tank / gasometer and gas works were removed at foot of Powell St. Haslett Warehouse and former Del Monte Cannery (later The Cannery) at left center. Longshoremen's Hall, hexagonal building below center.
Fishermans Wharf
View northeast to Panama-Pacific International Exposition, from Pacific Heights over Cow Hollow and Marina; Tower of Jewels under construction. House in foreground at Lyon & Vallejo Sts. is 2990 Vallejo (extant 2020,built 1914, Walter Bliss Residence, Architects Bliss & Faville) To its right, 2980 Vallejo, Edgar Mathews Residence, extant 2020, built 1908 Edgar Mathews, Architect. [Worlds Fair Buildings P.P. No. 1430]
Pacific Heights
Elevated view northeast to Panama-Pacific International Exposition from Broadway near Lyon; construction completed. House in left foreground at Lyon & Vallejo Sts. is 2990 Vallejo (extant 2020,built 1914, Walter Bliss Residence, Architects Bliss & Faville). To its right, 2980 Vallejo, Edgar Mathews Residence, extant 2020, built 1908 Edgar Mathews, Architect. [Worlds Fair Buildings P.P. No. 7859]
Pacific Heights
Alcatraz Island viewed from Telegraph Hill. Embarcadero in foreground, Belvedere Island and Tiburon in distance.
Looking north from Coit Tower towards Bay, Alcatraz, Angel Island and Marin.
Telegraph Hill
South end of island. Two men on ship posing on deck of passing ship. [Hinkley and Mann with Alcatraz in background]
View north over Fairmont Hotel and Brocklebank Apartments to Russian Hill from Mark Hopkins Hotel; Blurry
Nob Hill
People on Ferry looking at aircraft carrier USS Oriskany in distance. Embarcadero piers and Alcatraz at left.
SF Bay
Construction view of SF Fire Department Auxiliary Pump Station #2, at foot of Van Ness Avenue. Alcatraz at right. [dpwbook4 dpw688 ]
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
West side of island viewed from the bay. 'U. S. Disciplinary Barracks' sign painted on recreation yard wall. (Sign only existed from 1917 to circa 1923)
View northwest over Cow Hollow with Fort Mason, Alcatraz, Angel Island, bay in background, [SC49]. Detail from wnp15.964.
Pacific Heights
View North on Taylor from Redfield Alley ( just north of Union) looking toward Alcatraz, Mission Dolores Collection [SC63]
Russian Hill
View northwest toward Nob Hill and Russian Hill. Fairmont Hotel, Alcatraz, Angel Island, and Bay. Part of Panorama with wnp27.5656. L to R: Addison Head Building (1908), Shreve Building, Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, Foxcraft Building (bottom). In distance left on Nob Hill, Mark Hopkins Institute of Art (aka California Art Institute (former site of Mark Hopkins Mansion and later site of Mark Hopkins Hotel), Fairmont Hotel. Stanford Court Apartments (1912, later Stanford Court Hotel) not yet built. Old St. Mary's Cathedral in distance right.
South of Market
Panama-Pacific International Exposition, [Worlds Fair Buildings P.P. No. 1395] Panama-Pacific International Exposition, under construction; Alcatraz in distance View northeast from approx. Lyon and Broadway. At lower left corner, top of 2980 Vallejo, Edgar Mathews Residence, extant 2020, built 1908 Edgar Mathews, Architect.
Pacific Heights
View north to Marin Headlands and Alcatraz. Gas Works plant.
Pacific Heights