Amateur Photography

Contains 1593 photos

SS Bear
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SS Bear

Man wearing a derby and glasses on coastal passenger ship SS Bear, leaning on a lifeboat with legend 'San Francisco.' Funnel making smoke in background.

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Unknown Location

Man smiling broadly and woman with veil posing on the upper deck of a passenger ship tied up alongside a pier shed. Small lifesaving cannon called 'Lyle Gun' at right.

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Unknown Location

Man and woman sitting on the upper deck of a passenger ship tied up alongside a pier shed. Small lifesaving cannon called Lyle Gun at right.

SF Bay
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SF Bay

Passenger liner SS Yale or SS Harvard passing Yerba Buena Island while making smoke. (Both liners were identical.) Large sign on island reading 'Portola Festival'.

SF Bay
Washington near Hyde
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Washington near Hyde

View southeast across Washington from the yard at Spring Valley School toward the nine-story brick Keystone Apartments, built 1908 (Oliver and Foulkes, architects). House at right, 1553-1555 Washington, still stands, though with stucco facade.

Nob Hill
Glen Park
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Glen Park

View east from near the present corter of Surrey and Thor. Group of people sitting on a hillside with row houses (Six Sisters in the mid-50s block of Surrey, east of Diamond and west of Castro, built by the Rivers Brothers in 1905) the building behind them with two small towers is Glenside Presbyterian Church, 2724 Diamond.

Glen Park
Glen Park
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Glen Park

View east from near the present corner of Surrey and Thor. Group of people standing on a bluff (now cut down) Excelsior and the future McLaren Park in the distance. The building behind them with two small towers is Glenside Presbyterian Church, 2724 Diamond.

Glen Park
Glen Park
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Glen Park

View east from near the present corner of Surrey and Thor. Group of people standing on on a hillside with row houses behind them. (Six Sisters in the mid-50s block of Surrey, east of Diamond and west of Castro, built by the Rivers Brothers in 1905) The building behind them to the right with two small towers is Glenside Presbyterian Church, 2724 Diamond.

Glen Park
Sutro Heights
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Sutro Heights

Two woman posing next to statue 'Roman Flora' on Sutro Heights Parapet. Tank House at left.

Sutro Heights
Conservatory of Flowers
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Conservatory of Flowers

Golden Gate Park. View north across Conservatory Valley.

Golden Gate Park
Ferry Building
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Ferry Building

Two women with suitcases and parcels posing outside Ferry Building. Streetcar at right.

Financial District
Ferry Building
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Ferry Building

Two women with suitcases and parcels posing outside Ferry Building. Streetcars at right.

Financial District
Van Ness & Clay
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Van Ness & Clay

Claus Spreckels Mansion on southwest corner of Van Ness and Clay St. Rebuilt after 1906 fire.

Pacific Heights
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Unknown Location

Man wearing derby standing on sidewalk with a bulldog.

Alta Plaza
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Alta Plaza

Girl in big hat and man wearing a derby standing in path in Alta Plaza.

Pacific Heights