Contains 3365 photos
Crissy Field in the Presidio of San Francisco. View looking east from Lincoln Blvd towards World War II barracks, hangars, and runway. Alcatraz Island at left. (Barracks and runway were removed during the 1998-2000 renovations of Crissy Field.)
Presidio
West side of Alcatraz Island, viewed from Marina.
Suspension section of Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge, viewed from Yerba Buena Island. City skyline in distance.
Yerba Buena Island
Postcard view looking north towards SF Bay and Alcatraz from Brocklebank Apartments at Mason and Sacramento Streets. [1016 San Francisco and Alcatraz Island, California] Cable car powerhouse at Washington and Mason at lower left. Gas tank (gasometer) at Powell and Embarcadero at right.
Nob Hill
Ferry Building viewed from ferryboat on SF Bay. [Ferry Station, San Francisco] Handwritten notation: 'Leave at 6 PM. Have a good time in the East. A'
View northeast from Tank Hill, Corona Heights at left, Market Street in the foreground. [Oct. 1944]
Ashbury Heights
Ship 'Meteor' at center and 'Hong Kong Maru' at right, at the Pacific Mail Steamship Company docks on 1st Street between Brannan and Townsend. See wnp71.0318 for the original image this postcard is derived from.
View west towards Ferry Building with tower framed by big guns of a battleship. Notably missing is the Southern Pacific Building, completed 1917. [San Francisco from between the big guns of a Dreadnaught. 4314]
Financial District
Elevated view north from Bay Bridge along the Embarcadero, Coit Tower, Mt. Tamalpais, and Angel Island in distance. [P8-3-48] [R145]
Rincon Hill
Night view east from Nob Hill to illuminated ships at anchor in bay, the 'Great White Fleet. Ferry Building visible at left with lights on tower and giant electric stars and stripes shield decoration in front. Kohl Building, Alaska Commercial Building (1907), Merchants Exchange, Clunie Building, Mills Building. Pagoda of Sing Fat Building (1907) outlined with electric lights. Sacramento & Powell intersection at lower right.
Nob Hill
View looking down at Fort Point from hill to south of the fort. Lighthouse keepers' residences in foreground. Dismounted cannon line the foot of the fort's wall. Small wooden building was a sutler's store.
Presidio
Panama Pacific International Exposition, view toward the fairgrounds and bay beyond from Pacific Heights. Art Smith flying over the exposition, dramatic clouds.
Panama Pacific International Exposition. [E192 Blowing Up Good Ship 'Zone' Zone-Day, P.P.I.E 1915] Underwater mine detonated to blow up a mock-up of warship moored off fairgrounds. Belvedere Island in right background. (Location approximated.)
View east from ferry boat on SF Bay toward Alcatraz
SF Bay
View north from ferry boat on SF Bay towards Alcatraz and Angel Island
SF Bay