Woodward's Gardens
Artwork from Watkins photo of inside the grounds. Conservatory, pond, observatory. [Woodwards Gardens, S.F., Cal. Watkins, Photo For 'Horticulturalist'
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Contains 6604 photos
Conservatory of Flowers
View northeast to original appearance of the Conservatory of Flowers before the dome burned on January 5, 1883. Odd Fellows cemetery in background.[B 108 Golden Gate Park Conservatory, S.F. Watkins' New Boudoir Series, Yo Semite and Pacific Coast]
Golden Gate Park
Fell & Van Ness
Elevated view northwest over intersection of Fell and Van Ness, with St. Ignatius church and college (Dedicated 1880), Hayes Valley houses and apartments, cable car.
Civic Center
Sutro Heights
Statue of Venus amidst trees. 'Venus Genitrix' inscribed on base. (Names were added to statue bases sometime in 1890s. Photos taken by I.W. Taber in 1886 don't show inscriptions.)
Sutro Heights
View SE From Nob Hill
[View Southeast from California Street Hill, S. F.] Selby Shot Tower, Masonic Temple tower, Palace Hotel, Nucleus House, Temple Emanu-El, rear of St. Patrick's Church, Third Baptist Church.
Nob Hill
Marina District
View northeast from near Pierce and Pacific Sts in Pacific Heights.. Fort Mason, Alcatraz, Angel Island in distance.
Pacific Heights
Market & 5th
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest to buildings on south side of Market, Windsor Hotel 905 Market on corner, crowds and people carrying belongings. Just after 1906 earthquake? [no. 11]
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Laguna
Elevated view east over intersection of Market, Guerrero, Laguna, and Hermann, Valencia Street Cable Car Powerhouse and smokestack [No. 14. City East from Market St extension. Waters & Co.] Duplicate of wnp26.356.
Mint Hill
Stockton & Clay
First Presbyterian Chinese Church on Stockton between Washington and Clay Streets. Emma R. Cable was a Presbyterian missionary. [B 2875 Chinatown, S.F. Cal.--Miss Cable's class of Chinese girls.]
Chinatown
Chinese Fortune-Teller
[129. Chinese Fortune-Teller. Copyright 1900. Chas. Weidner S.F.] Man at table with writing tools and boy watching.
Market & 5th
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on Market Street. Call Building on fire after 1906 earthquake. Crowds watching across street from Emporium department store. [No. 3]
Downtown / Union Square
View From Nob Hill
View from the Charles Crocker mansion (present site of Grace Cathedral) northeast down Taylor Street to Telegraph Hill. Early houses, plank sidewalks. The large house is the home of James B. Haggin, 1250 Taylor between Clay and Washington. St. Francis of Assisi church at right. [Watkins New Cabinet Series, Yo Semite and Pacific Coast 427 Montgomery Street]
Nob Hill
California & Montgomery
Looking east on California Street near Montgomery showing from left Wells Fargo in Parrott Building, or Parrott Block (1852, Architect Stephen Williams), Express Building, Safe Deposit Building, the second Merchants' Exchange Building, Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Co. at far right with pole in front. Watkins mobile studio at right, horsecar.
Financial District
Bay & Mason
Large team of horses pulling spool of cable for California Wire Works? North Beach Hotel = 429 Francisco; Crystal Baths = 317-321 Bay
North Beach
Larkin near Geary
View north on Larkin St. to 'Geary, Park and Ocean' cable car #9 and dummy on Geary St. The Geary Street, Park and Ocean Railway began operations in 1880 and was purchased by the Market Street Railway in 1887. Drugstore, M. P. O'Connor plumber. [B 143. Crossing of Cable roads, Geary and Larkin Streets., S.F., Watkins New Boudoir Series Yo Semite and Pacific Coast, 427 Montgomery St.]
Tenderloin