Contains 7898 photos
View north from Pacific Heights; Tower of Jewels under construction. House in foreground at Lyon & Vallejo Sts. is 2990 Vallejo (extant 2020,built 1914, Walter Bliss Residence, Architects Bliss & Faville) To its right, 2980 Vallejo, Edgar Mathews Residence, extant 2020, built 1908 Edgar Mathews, Architect.
Pacific Heights
Elevated view northeast to Panama-Pacific International Exposition from Broadway near Lyon; construction completed. House in left foreground at Lyon & Vallejo Sts. is 2990 Vallejo (extant 2020,built 1914, Walter Bliss Residence, Architects Bliss & Faville). To its right, 2980 Vallejo, Edgar Mathews Residence, extant 2020, built 1908 Edgar Mathews, Architect. [Worlds Fair Buildings P.P. No. 7859]
Pacific Heights
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to Old City Hall and Hall of Records after earthquake and fire. Ruins of St. Boniface Church in distance right. [City Hall]
Civic Center
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View looking north from near 8th & Market
Civic Center
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view northeast from Larkin and City Hall Avenue
Civic Center
View north from center of intersection, gate to Hopkins Institute of Art, later replaced by Mark Hopkins Hotel, on right. At upper left, Morsehead Apartments, 1001 California, on the southwest corner of California and Mason. Built 1915, Architect Houghton Sawyer.
Nob Hill
View east down Greenwich, toward Golden Gate and Black Point. The edge of German Castle (Layman's Castle, burned July 25, 1903) appears at right.
Telegraph Hill
View northwest from St. Francis Hotel. On Nob Hill from left, Huntington Hotel in center distance (1924, Weeks & Day architects), Morsehead Apartments, 1001 California (1915, Houghton Sawyer architect), Mark Hopkins Institute of Art (aka California Art Institute (former site of Mark Hopkins Mansion and later site of Mark Hopkins Hotel) has For Sale sign, Fairmont Hotel at top right, At far right Stanford Court Apartments (1912, later Stanford Court Hotel). Grant Hotel and Hotel Herbert also in view.
Downtown / Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [City Hall SF. Larkin St & City Hall Avenue Corner]
Civic Center
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast. Fairmont Hotel and Flood Mansion at left. Chronicle, Shreve, Mutual Savings Bank, Temple Emanu-El and Call Buildings at right. [Burned District from Jackson [sic] Street- Corner of Fairmont Shows- Chimney in front marks the former home of the Hop[kins]Art Ins[titute]
Nob Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west to Mission, Cemetery, damaged Gothic Revival church being demolished. [Mission Dolores - The Old and The New.]
Mission Dolores
View north across Pedestrian Underpass to Memorial Museum, replacement sphinx statues installed in 1907, Dore Vase at entry. 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.
Golden Gate Park
View north on Palm Avenue towards Main Gate. Colorized photo.
Sutro Heights
8th and Market, Lick Monument, Old City Hall
Civic Center
View north from 8th Street near Market across Marshall Square. The Lick Pioneer monument at center at what would become the northwest corner of Hyde and Grove
South of Market