Contains 6604 photos
Residence of Mr. Hooker, Bush Street. Three carriage houses. Watkins 793? View north to rear of Charles G. Hooker property at 917 (later 967) Bush. Hooker was a pioneer merchant. People posing, possibly Hooker's family.
Lower Nob Hill
Elevated view southwest across California to the second Merchants' Exchange Building (completed July, 1867). Demolition on adjoining lot in progress, preceding construction of Hayward's Building, an office building at 415-423 California. Watkins stereoview 939 'Merchants Exchange, San Francisco'.
Financial District
View northwest across intersection to Russ House (opened April, 1862), occupying the west side of Montgomery Street between Bush and Pine Streets. E. & F. Shrier men's clothing story in corner storefront, left. Mutual Life Insurance Co., J. C. Meussdorffer hats at right. Nevada Bank Building (1875) at Pine street corner in distance. [The Russ House, Montgomery St. Front, S.F. 3676]
Financial District
View southeast across Market to 723 Market Street, the A. L. Bancroft & Company Building, between 3rd & 4th Streets. Building destroyed by fire, April 30, 1886.[Bancroft's Building, Market St., S. F. July 4, 1876. 3580]
South of Market
View South on Montgomery between Sutter and Post toward Grand and Palace Hotels on Market Street. Yosemite Art Gallery, I. W. Taber, T. H. Boyd on left. Lick House and Masonic Building on right side. Carriages and horsecar tracks.
Downtown / Union Square
Interior view of three men in rocking chairs, planters behind rail, and two African-American workers standing behind. Image probably same as Watkins 3560 'Palace Hotel, Interior View, San Francisco'. One source identifies Lloyd Tevis, president of Wells Fargo & Co., at center [#3554?]
South of Market
Interior view from balcony toward atrium. Two men standing, spittoon. From Watkins Stereoview 3557, 'Palace Hotel, S.F. Interior View.' One source identifies man in front as Alfred Edwin Davis.
South of Market
Interior view of hooded statue, plants on balcony, glass skylight, spittoon. From Watkins stereoview 1667, 'Palace Hotel, S.F., Interior View.'
South of Market
[Palace Hotel. S. F. Interior View. 1666.] Interior view from upper balcony. One man seated in chair and man standing. Plants, skylight, atrium, spittoon and three globe light fixtures. From Watkins stereoview 1666, 'Palace Hotel, S.F., Interior View.'
South of Market
Interior view of four men around a tea table. Elaborate Chinese decorations, screens, and lamps. Likely "Yuen Fong Low" restaurant located at 710 Jackson Street.
Chinatown
[1743. Lick House Dining-room, S. F.] Rows of tables, chandelier, archways, and paintings. Lick House was on Montgomery near Sutter streets.
Downtown / Union Square
[Rincon Hill Slope from the Orphan Asylum, S. F. 3654] View from Mint Hill past wood picket fence and rock outcrop, toward Selby Shot Tower, row houses, warehouses. Cropped from larger image at wnp26.489.
Lower Haight
Seal Rocks from Point Lobos. Arch Rock in center. [The Cliff House and Environs, S.F. 3612.] Righthand portion of a steel by Carleton Watkins.
[View from the Residence of Chas. Crocker, Esq. S. F., California. 3643.] View south
Nob Hill
[The Golden Gate, from Telegraph Hill, S. F. 3630] North Beach, houses, Black Point, beach, wharf.
Telegraph Hill