Memorial Museum
View northwest to Memorial Museum, with sphinxes and Dore vase in front. Golden Gate Park. Fine Arts Building for Midwinter Fair was renamed Memorial Museum in 1895 and eventually became part of de Young Museum.
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Memorial Museum
Golden Gate Park. U.S. Grant Statue at left, replacement sphinx statues, Dore Vase. Originally constructed as the Fine Arts Building for 1894 Midwinter Fair, it was renamed Memorial Museum in 1895 and eventually became part of de Young Museum. (Grant's bust was toppled on June 19, 2020.)
Golden Gate Park
Sweeny Observatory
Pond in front of Sweeny Observatory, a gift to the park from Thomas U. Sweeney (Sweeney's name was misspelled on the observatory.) on Strawberry Hill in Golden Gate Park.
Golden Gate Park
Memorial Museum
Golden Gate Park, View north to Museum, Pedestrian Tunnel (without benches) and Landscaping. Originally constructed as the Fine Arts Building for 1894 Midwinter Fair, it was renamed Memorial Museum in 1895 and eventually became part of de Young Museum. Cider Press Statue, Dore Vase, replacement Sphinxes.
Golden Gate Park
Music Concourse
Golden Gate Park, Memorial Museum with Dore Vase, Original Sphinxes in front.(Fine Arts Building for Midwinter Fair was renamed Memorial Museum in 1895 and eventually became part of de Young Museum). View north to pedestrian tunnel with roadway lined with benches.
Golden Gate Park
Clay & Waverly Pl
View east. Cable car track. Note: two men looking over from roof
Chinatown
California near Grant
View east on California, from left to Sing Chong Co., Old Saint Mary's Church and rectory, Ferry Building, Kohl Building, Alaska Commercial Building, Merchants Exchange, Clunie Building, Hotel Yale, Helvetia Hotel, Sing Fat Co.
Chinatown
Clay near Waverly
View east on Clay Street from Waverly Place. Ferry building in the background
Chinatown
Oakland
First Presbyterian Church, Oakland (dedicated January, 1876), northeast corner of Franklin & 14th Streets.
Outside SF
Fisherman's Wharf
Fishermen mending nets on pier near foot of Jones Street. Meiggs' Wharf in the background. (Building with mansard roof tower was approximately at foot of today's Taylor Street.)
Montgomery & Washington
View southeeast across Columbus. Italian Popular Bank (Fugazi Banca Popolare Operaia Italiana) building (built 1908) at gore between Columbus (then Montgomery Ave.), Washington, and Montgomery, also known as the Fugazi Bank Building, which exists today as San Francisco Landmark #52. Before 1914, a third story was added. In addition, the building was extended northward and later the cupola was removed. It housed the Bank of America and Transamerica Corporation. Columbus Savings Bank Building, (Built 1905, also known as Columbia Savings Bank, San Francisco Landmark #212) at center, Montgomery Block at right. Outbound Presidio & Ferries Streetcar #26 in distance.
North Beach
Old Hall of Justice
Pre-1906 Hall of Justice, located at southeast corner of Kearny and Washington St. Viewed from Portsmouth Square.
North Beach
Powell & Columbus
Washington Square Theatre, View west toward Powell & Columbus Streets, across from Washington Square. Opened 1908, later the Milano Theatre, Palace Theatre, Pagoda Palace Theatre. Demolished August 2013.
North Beach
Market & 2nd
View west across Market up Post. Crocker building at center demolished 1968. first floor remains of Crocker Bank Building to right of center. Union Trust Building at right demolished. Chronicle and Mutual Savings Bank Buildings in distance left. Schwabacher-Frey Stationery Co.
Financial District
Market & Mason
View north across Market to Mechanics Savings Bank Building (Bank of Italy). Admission Day (Native Sons) Pioneer Monument, Poodle Dog Restaurant & Hotel. Garfield Building (Reid & Reid Architects, 1908) with Brittain & Co. Hardware, C.F. Adams Co. Clothing. Monument moved to Golden Gate Park in 1948, it was returned to Market at Post and Montgomery Streets in 1977.
Downtown