Contains 7898 photos
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast toward Nob Hill from about Cedar Street between Polk & Van Ness, 1906 Earthquake damage, Smokestack of Sutter Street Cable Railway Powerhouse at center (Polk & Sutter. Photo postcard [Ruins of San Francisco's earthquake. M.K.]
Lower Nob Hill
Fair buildings under construction, view northeast from Pacific Heights. 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. Angel Island and Alcatraz in background. [Exposition 1915 San Francisco]
Pacific Heights
Fine Arts Building for 1894 Midwinter Fair was renamed Memorial Museum in 1895 and eventually became part of de Young Museum. Dore vase and mounted cannon in front of entrance. Soldier wearing campaign hat at right.
Golden Gate Park
Fulton Street between 10th and 11th Avenues. The Chutes Amusement Park existed at 10th and Fulton from 1902-1908. It occupied the block bounded by Fulton St, 10th Ave, Cabrillo St, and 11th Ave.
Richmond Inner
Low-angle shot, looking south on Kearny near Maiden Lane (then Union Square Avenue) toward the Call Building at 3rd and Market. Mutual Savings Bank Building, 700 Market Building. Women in street, Raphael's men's clothing store and Hirsch & Kaiser (photo supplies and optical goods) are visible [56]
Downtown / Union Square
View south across Market between Main and Spear. Market Street horsecar passing California Door Company, 113-115 Market.
Financial District
Women and child in front of Cliff House. Sutro Baths with Tropic Beach sign, Cliff Cafe, in background
Sutro Heights
Music Concourse. Old Memorial Museum and new de Young Museum. Sphinxes, field guns.
Golden Gate Park
View north on Scott to Panama-Pacific International Exposition, Tower of Jewels below Pacific Heights
Pacific Heights
View north across Market toward Front Street, and parade to California Industries Exposition in Civic Auditorium, with Down Town Association float showing 1922 skyline and 1906 ruins, pulled by tractor with 'Fordson Industrial Exposition' sign. Tilden Sales Co. Building at left, Boyd Block at right.
Financial District
View north across Market toward Front Street and parade to California Industries Exposition in Civic Auditorium, with Red Cross nurses from San Francisco chapter in car. Board of Trade Building and Tilden Sales Co. Building in background. Pacific Photo Supply Company 408 Market, Leibold & Co, H. Bercovich Cigar Co.
Financial District
Elevated view toward Scandinavian Sailors Home, 116 Drumm, on southeast corner. William Kent for U.S. Senate poster next to door. Drumm Cafe in basement. Pacific Coast Oyster Co.; Terminal Garage, back of Hotel Terminal and Southern Pacific Building (now One Market) in the background. All buildings demolished and now the site of the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
Financial District
View southwest towards City Hall and St. Ignatius steeples from around Pine and Taylor. Charles G. Hooker residence, 917 Bush, at center. Hotel Pleasanton, northwest corner Sutter & Jones is tall building at right.
Lower Nob Hill
View south from center of Mason Street to First Congregational Church and beyond.
Lower Nob Hill
View northeast to crowd waiting for Fillmore Hill Counterbalance Car.
Pacific Heights