3rd & Market
People watching Examiner Building burning.
Downtown / Union SquareBuildings
Contains 285 photos
Mission near 3rd
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west on Mission to fires burning and rubble in streets following earthquake. Gunst Cigars on northwest corner in Aronson Building (built 1903).
South of Market
McAllister near Jones
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west to pedestrians walking through rubble on McAllister St. Hall of Records at left, old City Hall beyond. Hibernia Bank at right.
Tenderloin
Skyline from Potrero Hill
View of San Francisco skyline looking north from Potrero Hill. Carolina Street on left.
Potrero Hill
Downtown Ruins
1906 earthquake and fire. View down an street filled with rubble with ruined buildings on both sides.
GGIE
Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island, after the fair closed. View north from Pacific Promenade. Japan Pavilion at left, Folies Bergere at right.
Treasure Island
GGIE
Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island. View north towards entrance to Gay Way with dutch windmill (d'Hollandse Windmollen Restaurant) at right. Building demolition in process in foreground.
Treasure Island
GGIE
Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island. Gay Way with Sally Rand's Nude Ranch at left. California Colosseum in distance. Buildings being dismantled.
Treasure Island
Downtown Skyline
Telephoto view of downtown skyline, probably taken from a rooftop near 10th Ave and Judah St. Mark Hopkins Hotel at left, early downtown high-rises, and Bay Bridge at far right. Light standards at Kezar Stadium in middle distance.
Sunset Inner
California near Mason
California Street cable cars #49 & 58 on uphill section between Powell and Mason Streets. Stanford Court Apartments (now Hotel) and Mark Hopkins Hotel at right.
Nob Hill
Presidio
Crissy Field in the Presidio of San Francisco. View looking east from Lincoln Blvd towards World War II barracks, hangars, and airfield. City skyline in distance.
Presidio
Presidio
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
View S from Telegraph Hill
Downtown skyline looking south from Vallejo near Montgomery St. [San Francisco 'Skyscrapers'] Montgomery Block at left center, old Hall of Justice at far right.
North Beach
Financial District aerial
Aerial view north above Montgomery and Bush. Russ Building at left, Mills Building with Mills Tower (completed 1932) at right. Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery) with cupola on left. Merchants Exchange Building top center. Standard Oil Building lower right corner. Bohemian Garage painted on roof at center left. San Francisco Curb Exchange Building at lower left corner.
Downtown / Union Square
Financial District aerial
View northwest over Financial District over Bush and Market. Shell Building in foreground right, Standard Oil Building foreground left, Russ Building at left center, Commercial Union Assurance Building with cupola (315 Montgomery) at center. To its right, Louis Lurie's Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, completed 1930, demolished 1969). To right, Financial Center Building (1927), later Omni Hotel. Mills Building and Mills Tower (completed 1932). Portsmouth Square at upper right corner, Old St. Mary's Cathedral top center.
Financial District