Contains 6604 photos
View west on California. Cable car in street. At left, Fireman's Fund Insurance Building (with added Mansard roof and 4th story), Hayward's Building, second Merchants Exchange Building, Safe Deposit Building. At right Bank of California and corner of Friedlander's Building, tower of Grace Church in distance.
Financial District
View west on California. Cablecar tracks in street. Board sidewalks. Firehouse on left.
Nob Hill
Elevated view east on Market to L. Monaco Photographer sign on 700 Market Building. Dr. I.G. Leek, Dentist. Imperial Photographic Studio, Davis Bros. Golden Rule Bazaar, Lotta's Fountain, Chronicle Building. Crocker Building. Cable cars in street. Grand Hotel, Palace Hotel, Nucleus House at right. Date is between May 1893 and Feb 26, 1894 (Golden Rule Bazaar fire) (PF)
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view northwest across California to Grace Church (with bell tower), Old St. Mary's, California House with General Arthur and Speckled Beauty cigar ads on east side. At right, San Francisco Savings Union is six story bank building at corner of California and Spring (then known as Webb) completed in 1894 (William Curlett, architect). Smaller building at its right is German Savings & Loan Society. Aetna Insurance at 514 California, right foreground. At lower right, Parrott Building, or Parrott Block (1852, Architect Stephen Williams). On north side of California, telephone or telegraph poles with 8 crossbars, poles with 3 crossbars on south side. At left, sign for John Schmid merchant tailor, 515 California.
Financial District
View northeast to McAllister Car Barn.
Panhandle
View west from center of Market Street near Main, showing Studebaker Carriages and Wagons at 201-207 Market Street at left. Twin Peaks in distance. Same image as wnp70.0403, different cropping.
Financial District
[Chinese Dragon in Illuminated Parade Diamond Jubilee Sept. 12, 1925]
[Dupont St in Chinatown] View north
Chinatown
View northwest across intersection to Royal Photographic Studio 806 Washington, W. F. Song Photographer 800 Washington, Wing On Co. 903 Grant. Grand Chinese Theatre, also known as Donn Quai Yuen, at far left. People shopping. Duplicate of wnp37.04256.
Chinatown
Chinatown. View north on Waverly Place. Signs on building at left "Oldest Joss House. Visitors Welcome" and "Tin How Temple".
Chinatown
[Spanish Church Broadway-Mason Street 1906] Nuestra Senora De Guadalupe church.
Russian Hill
Burned church (possibly Baptist?). Onion-dome tower in distance. Not San Francisco.
View northwest across City Hall Square (renamed Marshall Square in 1902). Current day intersection of Grove and Hyde. Pioneer monument at foreground.
Civic Center
View from north end of Baker (also Bakers Beach) Beach. Lime Point light station and Horseshoe Cove at Fort Baker at left. Fort Point lighthouse keepers' residences and bridge to fort at right. (Many visitors along seawall and atop the fort.)
Italian felucca fishing boats along pier at old Fisherman's Wharf.
Northern Waterfront