View from Telegraph Hill
View southeast from Coit Tower towards Bay Bridge. Embarcadero, Produce District, Downtown, Ferry Building. The on ramp to the future Embarcadero Freeway from Broadway is under construction.
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California & Montgomery
Looking West from center of California. Metroplitan Life Insurance Building (later Cogswell College, Ritz-Carlton), Mark Hopkins Hotel up hill on left. Financial Center Building (1927), later Omni Hotel, with lower stories modernized with stone sheathing, at far right.
Financial District
PPIE
Panama-Pacific International Exposition, Crowd at Mission Dolores model and lighthouse, corner of California Building at left. Marina Green site
Marina
North Point & Grant
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south to ruins of Globe Mills (Chestnut and Montgomery) at left, Telegraph Hill in background.
Fishermans Wharf
Market near Geary
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest across Market to Flood building in the distance, Mutual Savings Bank building in the center, Ruins of Flannery Building, Rebuilding de Young/Chronicle building on the right, Lotta's fountain, from Grahame Hardy collection
South of Market
Market & Sansome
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north across Market down Sansome to earthquake ruins, Mills Bldg. on far left, Merchants Exchange center left, sign on remaining 1st floor of ruined larger building at NW corner of Sansome & Sutter says 'London Paris and American Bank will occupy this location', temporary shacks for vendors. Ruins of First National Bank in distance, center, at Sansome & Bush.
Financial District
Webster & Vallejo
Looking south on Webster towards 2200 Broadway, Residence of Joseph D. Grant under construction. the building was purchased by Convent of the Sacred Heart in 1948.
Pacific Heights
Montgomery & Pine
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Ruins, View southeast to men standing around steam donkey and tent. Sign on boiler says 'Safes recovered, opened and hauled away. Orders taken here.' Mills Building in background.
Financial District
Haight & Baker
Looking west, installing electric tracks, Buena Vista Park on left - United Railroads
Buena Vista
Market near 5th
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west down center of Market, City Hall ruins in background right; workmen repairing streetcar tracks and roadway, woman laughing. Far background, Grant Building, Twin Peaks, Admission Day Monument [Scene on Market St. Western Photographic Co. 45]
Downtown / Union Square
Clay & Powell
Looking east on Clay Street to Alcoa Building (One Maritime Plaza, opened 1967) under construction.
Chinatown
California near Franklin
1818 California Street, San Francisco Landmark #55, known as the Lilienthal-Orville Pratt House, being prepared for painting.
Pacific Heights
View from Nob Hill
View north from the Mark Hopkins toward Russian Hill and Alcatraz; Royal Towers Apartments (1750 Green near Taylor) under construction. Pier 45 in the background.
Nob Hill
1201 South Van Ness
View to southeast corner after restoration. Towne House Club
Mission
Clayton & Market
Elevated view looking south over Clayton and Market intersection and beyond. 3300, 3310 Market are houses at far right, 18th St. at bottom[Market Street Extension dpwbook33 dpw8863]
Eureka Valley