Market & 4th
View east to south side of Market, after quake, new construction, Call Building
Downtown / Union SquareContains 7898 photos
View east to south side of Market, after quake, new construction, Call Building
Downtown / Union Square
View southeast across Market Street to crowds gathered, Palace Hotel, Hearst Examiner Building, Call Building, Montgomery Market, Swan the Painter, Oxford House, Bancroft History Building (with Ayres' Business College, Whitaker & Ray Book Sellers, Butler-Schutze Co., Ettinger's Fringe Factory, Wright's Patent Agency, Charles Lyons Merchant Tailors).
Downtown / Union Square
View across Market to the southest corner at 5th Street. Diamond Palace
Downtown / Union Square
View northwest to Potrero Hill gas holder. Victorian house on right before repainting.
Potrero Hill
Cement factory with Southern Pacific Train cars
Mission
View southeast across Mission to Redlick's department Store with '17 Reasons Why' sign atop. Cline Pianos, Tallman Pianos and Organs. Palm trees, Christmas decorations.
Mission
A. Levy & J. Zentner Co., view northwest over present site of Mission Bay development,
Mission Bay
Looking south at approaching Sky Tram from Point Lobos. Sutro Baths at left, Cliff House in distance.
Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
View west up California Street from across Market. Fife Building at center, Santa Marina Building at right. Weinstein Co.
Financial District
St. Paulus Lutheran Church. Looking south from Gough. Family Service Agency on left.
Cathedral Hill
View north toward Sacramento Street. The brown house on the corner of Sacramento St. and Sproule Lane is the Sproule Mansion (1907-1967), built for George Whittell and sold in 1917 to William Sproule (1858-1935), president of Wells Fargo Express and the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Pacific-Union Club across the street. It was then extensively remodeled by Bliss & Saville architects. It was demolished in November, 1967 after an unsuccessful fight for its preservation. Park Lane Apartments (1925, Eugene Fritz, Jr. architect) at upper right.
Nob Hill
1919 California, the Michael H. de Young mansion, demolished 1941
Pacific Heights
View northeast across Larkin to United Service Organization (USO) Hospitality House (constructed between March and August, 1941), a clubhouse for enlisted men. Present site of Main Library. Old Main Library, Old Federal Office Building, Empire Hotel (with sign on upper stories) in background. U.S. Navy Recruiting Service vehicle parked in front.
Civic Center
Golden Gate International Exposition, Fountain at the Court of Pacifica, Ford Building beyond
Treasure Island
Ocean Beach Esplanade, Playland, Golden Gate Park, Both windmills prior to restorations
Sutro Heights