O'Farrell & Scott
view northeast to Girls High School. Girls High School was heavily damaged in the 1906 Earthquake. Hamilton Grammar School at right.
Western AdditionBuildings
Contains 285 photos
California near Powell
Looking east on California Street toward intersection with Powell St. Bay Bridge in distance. University Club at left. [California St. Hill San Francisco. Piggott 565]
Nob Hill
View from Telegraph Hill
View southwest to Nob Hill over Chinatown and North Beach. Stanford Court Apartments (later Hotel), Mark Hopkins and Fairmont Hotels, Brocklebank (1927), Park Lane and Cathedral Apartments (1927). At lower right, St. Francis of Assisi Church.
Telegraph Hill
California & Grant
View southeast to California Street Cable Car- Merchants Exchange, Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished), Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery),Russ Building in background. Cable Car with passengers boarding. Chinatown lanterns strung over intersection. St. Mary's Park and parking garage in background behind cable car.
Chinatown
California & Grant
View southeast to California St. cable car; Merchants Exchange, Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished), Hotel Yolanda with Hotel Lafayette painted sign, Helvetia Hotel, Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Russ Building. Helvetia Hotel, Clunie Building in distance left, with Lincoln National Life ad on west side.
Chinatown
Market near Sutter
View northwest across Market to Crocker, Hobart, Flatiron and Hunter-Dulin Buildings. Intersection beyond mailbox at left is with Ecker St., which no longer intersects with Market. 2 Muni PCC streetcars, including #1150, and 2 buses. Patrick & Co. printers and stationers, Ye Old King Cole coffee shop and fountain, Arden coffee shop.
Financial District
View from Rincon Hill
Panorama of Financial District Looking north from Rincon Hill near Essex Street. Call Building, Fairmont Hotel, Hobart Building, Standard Oil Building.
Rincon Hill
View from Hobart Building
North toward North Beach and Telegraph Hill, Hall of Justice at center.
Telegraph Hill
Downtown Rooftops
Looking south towards 7th Street and Market
Tenderloin
California near Stockton
View southeast to two California Street Cable Cars passing- Sabin Pl. and 720 California St. building before 2 story addition, Financial Center Building, Southern Pacific Building, Bay Bridge, Merchants Exchange, Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished), Hotel Lafayette, Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Shell Building, Russ Building and Alexander Building in background. Hotel Lafayette, Clunie Building in distance left, with Lincoln National Life ad on west side, Sing Fat Co. Landscaping at right spells Metropolitan Life Insurance, on grounds of Metropolitan Life Insurance Building.
Chinatown
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
Unknown Street
View of two large houses with another in the background, and one under construction at right. Two people are seated on a bench in front of the fence. Near Presidio?
View E from Mark Hopkins
View of Financial District from Mark Hopkins Hotel
Nob Hill
Montgomery & Chestnut
Elevated view west across Montgomery to Globe Mills (built 1904, damaged and rebuilt 1906) - A1 Flour, George W. Pennington and Sons, National Paper Products Co. factory and Zellerbach Paper. Co. warehouse (1917). Portion of Globe Mills complex and National Paper Products building still stand. Telegraph Hill in background left.
Telegraph Hill
Hamilton Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Refugee Camp. Geary near Steiner, looking southwest to Hamilton Grammar School, Girls High School and Calvary Cemetery
Lower Pacific Heights