Mansion House
[1705. Mansion House. Mission.] View southwest across Dolores from near 16th north of and adjacent to Mission Dolores and its parish house (at left).
Mission DoloresDemolished
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Market & Montgomery
[1770] Elevated view north on Montgomery. Market Street Railway horsecar, Masonic Temple, Lick House, Clock Tower Building (later Savings and Loan Building), Los Angeles and San Bernardino Land Association office.
Financial District
Woodward's Gardens
[1649. Woodward's Gardens, San Francisco] Elevated view northwest from Mission and 14th Street. Main entrance at right.
Mission
Woodward's Gardens
[1635. Garden View, Woodward Gardens.] Music Hall visible on hill. Woman and child on porch of building.
Mission
Palace Hotel
[Palace Hotel, S. F. Interior View 1664] Elevated view from second story to courtyard atrium and entrance to restaurant. Coach and people posing in front of restaurant entrance. From Watkins stereoview 1664, 'Palace Hotel, S.F., Interior View.'
South of Market
Geary & Taylor
[Geary Street, from Taylor, view East, S. F.] On the near right corner of Geary and Mason is the only known view of one of the earliest buildings to be constructed in this area. It was built as a Presbyterian Church in 1854 and went through a number of uses as a church, Sunday School, and a non-sectarian school (the Urban Academy on the likely date of this photograph)(PF), 8th Ward Market at 443 Geary. Palace Hotel in distance, spires at left are on Calvary Presybterian church. Plank sidewalks. Watkins Stereoview 2450.
Tenderloin
4th & Townsend
[Railroad Buildings, 4th and Townsend Streets., S.F. 2452] View northeast across intersection to North Beach and Mission horsecar in front of Southern Pacific headquarters building.
South of Market
Clay & Sansome
Elevated view northwest across intersection to Niantic Building, with merchandise on sidewalk, men posing in front. Bacon & Company printers; G. Onesti & Co.; Linsley & Collins produce. [2219. Niantic Building, San Francisco.]
Financial District
Grace Cathedral
[2219. Grace Cathedral, (Easter Sunday,) San Francisco)
Chinatown
Market & Powell
Baldwin Hotel, looking north on Powell.
Downtown / Union Square
Bush near Taylor
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
Bancroft Building
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
Montgomery near Sutter
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
Palace Hotel
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
Palace Hotel
Interior view of hooded statue, plants on balcony, glass skylight, spittoon. From Watkins stereoview 1667, 'Palace Hotel, S.F., Interior View.'
South of Market