Automobile

Contains 4894 photos

Dewey & Pacheco
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Dewey & Pacheco

View northeast from Dewey and Pacheco. Forest Hill with Auto (Fritchle Electric 4-Passenger Coupe) and Indian Motorcycle, People sitting on circular bench. In the background is 266 Pacheco at Marcela, built 1913. [Cheney Photo Advertising Co. N-1207]

Forest Hill
California & Market
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California & Market

View west up California from across Market. Sign for future One California Street (Mutual Benefit Life Building) on left. Prior building on site, Fife Building (completed 1909), awaits demolition. Santa Marina Building on right (completed 1907) appears vacant and awaiting demolition.

Financial District
California near Powell
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California near Powell

View west up California. Fairmont Hotel at right and Grace Cathedral in the distance.

Nob Hill
Union & Kearny
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Union & Kearny

View north on Kearny to Pioneer Park

North Beach
Castro & Market
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Castro & Market

Elevated view northwest to Richfield gas station, Ellen's apartments in distance. Birdcage traffic signals. Standard service station at lower left. Corona Heights in distance. [17th & Castro] [DPWA6143]

Castro
Civic Center
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Civic Center

[City Hall from Crystal Palace] Elevated view west over Pantages (later Orpheum) Theatre under construction with dozens of bystanders watching the excavation. Pioneer (James Lick) Monument , Civic Auditorium, Main Library.

South of Market
Bernal Cut
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Bernal Cut

View Southerly on San Jose Avenue From St. Mary's Avenue. Men working in the street and along Southern Pacific Railroad tracks. Arlington Street in the background right. [Bernal Cut looking Sly from St. Mary's Ave][DPW A2532]

St. Marys Park
South Van Ness & Howard
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South Van Ness & Howard

Van Ness Avenue Extension, View Northerly on Van Ness from Howard Street / 13th Street. Documenting the recent completion of the South Van Ness extension from Market. Masonic Temple and City Hall in the background. [DPW A3704]

South of Market
Ritch Street near Clara
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Ritch Street near Clara

Depression bread line on Ritch Street lined up outside the Community Kitchen[Feeding Unemployed Rich and Clara Sts. DPW A3258]

South of Market
Ferry Building
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Ferry Building

Vehicle underpass and pedestrian bridge in foreground. [DPW A4602]

Financial District
5th & Market
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5th & Market

Elevated iew south on 5th Street from Market. People, Streetcars, SF Chronicle Tower in the background. [DPW A4953]

Downtown / Union Square
Fillmore & Fulton
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Fillmore & Fulton

View north from center of Fillmore, New Yorker Steak House on northeast corner. New Fillmore Hotel. New Fulton Market on northwest corner. [DPW A5042] Ornamental iron arches with hanging globe lights and Christmas banners over intersections.

Alamo Square
Geneva & Mission
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Geneva & Mission

View looking southwest to corner of Geneva & Mission Streets. Cozy Corner. First four buildings no longer extant. [DPW A6745]

Cayuga
Peralta Mullen Project
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Peralta Mullen Project

Looking southeast on Mullen from Peralta. 125 Mullen (now replaced or significantly modified) at center. [DPW A7051]

Peralta Heights
Mullen near Franconia
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Mullen near Franconia

North side of Mullen between Franconia and Peralta. The section later had stairs and a pedestrian walkway built. 124 Mullen at right, other two homes demolished or significantly altered. [Peralta Mullen Project DPWA7052]

Peralta Heights