Grand Hotel
Elevated view southeast across Market St. to Grand Hotel, Johnson & Co. Proprietors. 382. Market and New Montgomery Streets.
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View from Dolores & 21st
View northeast. People on bluff in foreground. [San Francisco, from Dolores and Twenty-first Streets. 2376]
Dolores Heights
Clay Street Cable Car
People pose on and alongside cable cars on Clay near Jones St. Watkins' stereo card bears this legend: 'Clay Street Hill R.R., San Francisco, Cal [California]. Run by A.S. Hallidie's patent Endless Steel Wire Rope and Gripping Attachment. Overcomes an Elevation of 307 feet in a length of 2800 feet. Watkins' Pacific Coast. 2369.' Also published by Taber.
Nob Hill
View from Nob Hill
[View from the Grounds of Gov. Stanford, Cal. St. 3648] View southeast over downtown from Stanford residence on Powell between California and Pine. View south towards Union Square. Trinity Church (1867-1893) at center, corner of Post and Powell. Third Baptist Church (1869) at far left. Cropped from wnp37.02208.
Nob Hill
Clay Street Cable Car
Elevated view west on Clay to Clay St. Cable RR cable car on Kearny Street Terminus. Portsmouth Square on right. R. Cutlar Dentist, H. Traube watchmaker and jeweler at left. Watkins stereo card number 2368. Original Title: 'Clay St. Hill R.R., San Francisco, Cal. Run by A.S. Hallidie's patent Endless Steel Wire Rope and Gripping Attachment. Overcomes an Elevation of 307 feet in a length of 2800 feet. Worst grade, one foot in six.'
Chinatown
Kearny from Market
View north on Kearny St to Independence Day decorations. Flannery Building, Market Street RR horsecar, Lotta's Fountain [Kearny St., from Market, S.F. July 4, 1876. 3577]
South of Market
View from Orphan Asylum
View northeast across Hayes Valley to Nob Hill. Steeples of Temple Emanu-El and First Congregational Church at far right. From Watkins stereograph 3652 'California Street Hill, from the Orphan Asylum, S.F.'
Lower Haight
View from Russian Hill
View west to Cow Hollow, Presidio, Washerwoman's Lagoon, sand dunes. Image cropped from wnp26.733. [The Presidio from Russian Hill, S.F. 3728]
Russian Hill
View SW from Lafayette Park
View southwest over Western Addition towards Lone Mountain. St. Dominic's Catholic Church, Calvary and Laurel Hill cemeteries.
Pacific Heights
Sacramento near Montgomery
Elevated view, Sacramento between Kearny & Montgomery. Chy Lung & Co, Sacramento St, 1796. Store located at 640 Sacramento Street. J.W. Whitaker signmaker, Bartlett, Pratt & Bartlett Law Office.
Chinatown
Mission Dolores
Elevated view northwest from across Dolores St. to cemetery, old Mission and adjacent parish house. Girls posed in gateway at right, people in street.Watkins 1703 'Mission Church, Mission Dolores, dedicated Oct. 9th, 1776'.
Mission Dolores
Mission Dolores
Elevated view northwest from across Dolores St. to cemetery, old Mission and adjacent parish house. Girls posed in gateway at right, people in street. Cropped from Watkins 1703 'Mission Church, Mission Dolores, dedicated Oct. 9th, 1776', less image on left, more on right.
Mission Dolores
View NW from Telegraph Hill
Meiggs' Wharf at center. Offshore end of wharf is at approximate location of today's Pier 43. [Meigs (sic) Wharf, From Telegraph Hill, S.F. 3631]
Telegraph Hill
Geary & Kearny
View to northwest corner, large Dr. Libbey dentist sign (Mark L. Libbey) with portrait on roof. Gold tooth (which may have inspired Frank Norris' use in 'McTeague') hanging from 2nd floor, George Finck jewelry, F. D. Ring (Frederick D. Ring) watches, jewelry and silverware on ground floor. Contra Costa Laundry Association delivery wagon at right, Wm. Monahan (real estate) at far left. This small lot was a holdout to larger buildings and is still evident on the corner in 2021. Watkins No. 1713 Title: Corner of Geary and Kearny streets, S.F [1713. Corner of Geary & Kearny Streets, S.F.]
Downtown / Union Square
Mission & New Montgomery
Elevated view northwest across Mission St. to Palace Hotel. From Watkins 3550, 'Palace Hotel, from Mission St., S.F.'
Financial District