Twin Peaks Tunnel Opening
First car through the Twin Peaks Tunnel, driven by Mayor Rolph, emerging at West Portal.
West PortalEvent
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Arkansas near 20th
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north to fires after 1906 earthquake in empty lot just east of Arkansas Street. Image is half of panorama A. See wnp15.193
Potrero Hill
Arkansas near 20th
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north to fires after 1906 earthquake in empty lot just east of Arkansas Street. Side and rear of 1627 20th Street on right. Image is half of panorama B. See wnp15.192.
Potrero Hill
Fire from Potrero Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Nighttime view of downtown in flames in the aftermath of the earthquake.
Potrero Hill
Fire from Potrero Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, An unworldly glow from the 1906 fires downtown.
Potrero Hill
Great White Fleet
Our Navy, May 5th 1908. Photo montage of parts of the Great White Fleet. Not all the ships shown were part of the tour. In the center is Admiral Robley D. 'Fightng Bob' Evans, commander of the fleet. (Evans was relieved of command due to ill health when the fleet reached San Francisco.) [Georgia, Rhode Island, Maine, Indiana, Illinois, California, Kansas, Washington, Texas, Alabama, Connecticut, Olympia, Culgoa, Iowa, Hartford, Kentucky, Missouri ]
SF Bay
Market near Geary
Portola festival lights looking west on Market, Call Building in background left, illuminated Humboldt Bank Building beyond. Flannery Building with P.H. McCarthy for Mayor electric sign on top.
Downtown / Union Square
Kearny near Geary
View south on Kearny to electrical decorations for Portola Festival October 19-23, 1909. Korn Hats, 15 Kearny in Johann Schmidt Building on right, Flannery Building beyond.
Downtown / Union Square
McLaren Park
Groundbreaking. City supervisor James B. McSheehy and Tom Carroll watch John McLaren push a horse-drawn plow; President of the Park Commission, Herbert Fleishhacker, in background.
McLaren Park
Jackson Playground
Jackson Park Playground, Potrero Hill, view east toward Arkansas Street. Crowd watching children race. Clubhouse in original location in the middle of the block.
Potrero Hill
Filbert near Powell
Elevated view west on Filbert St. to Russian Hill on July 4, 1862. Muster of soldiers parading into Washington Square in North Beach. Lombard St. Reservoir at upper right.Looking west on Filbert St. to Russian Hill on July 4, 1862.
North Beach
Market near 17th
View looking east on Market St. from 17th St. , Nov 6, 1910 McKinley School Dedication
Castro
North Beach Playground
Elevated view north over dedication of newly constructed swimming pool and bathing pavilion at the North Beach Playground. A crowd gathers around a speaker (Mayor James Rolph and Timothy Reardon of the Playgrounds Commission spoke at the ceremony. Children at play on the swings. In the background, from left, Carnation Mush sign, Alcatraz, Bauer-Schweitzer Hop and Malt factory complex, large gas storage tank at foot of Powell St. [No. 23? North Beach Playgrounds Aug. 31, 1913}
North Beach
North Beach Playground
Girls gathered around a maypole at North Beach Playground with a large crowd of spectators watching. [North Beach Playground, 1st Annual May Day Festival 1911]
North Beach
South Side Playground
Official Opening, South Side Playground, 7th and Harrison, girls playing baseball, earthquake refugee cottages in background
South of Market