Contains 68 photos
View northwest over original North Beach towards sand dunes of White Point at center right, with Black Point (later Fort Mason) beyond. Gold Rush brig Euphemia in center distance. [Black Point North Beach] [F810 BP-003] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Telegraph Hill
View east across Folsom to Allied Box & Excelsior Co., 2169 Folsom, built 1902 as H. Friedrichs furniture factory, still standing, converted to housing. On right Pioneer Trunk Factory - C. A. Malm and Co.(1902, Architect Thomas J. Welsh, later known as Pioneer Building). Graffiti on right reads 'Free the Pontiac Br...'
Mission
View east across Folsom to Allied Box & Excelsior Co., 2169 Folsom, built 1902 as H. Friedrichs furniture factory, still standing, converted to housing. On right Pioneer Trunk Factory - C. A. Malm and Co.(1902, Architect Thomas J. Welsh, later known as Pioneer Building). View to southeast corner in distance.
Mission
View west along railroad tracks at the end of Jefferson Street. Ghirardelli Chocolate Factory (now Ghirardelli Square), Fontana Warehouse at left, Black Point / Fort Mason in the background right.
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
View north to Southern Pacific Train at Oakland Mole, Albers Bros. Milling Co. building in background. At far left background is the Oakland Pier Interlocking Tower, used for switching trains. It has been moved nearby and in 2022 houses a historical exhibit and observation deck on its second floor, as part of Port View / Middle Harbor Shoreline Park.
View south toward snowy Bernal Heights. Struven's Tannery building at left. Army Street (now Cesar Chavez), Precita Ave., and Mirabel St. (many of these houses still stand in 2023) in distance. Footbridge over Precita Creek at lower right.
Mission
Ford assembly plant, southwest corner of 21st and Harrison, built by the national company in 1912 and designed by Seattle architect John Graham. The Federal truck belonged to William L Hughson, who sold Ford automobiles in San Francisco from the first year of Ford's existence, in 1903, until Hughson's death in 1967. (WMK) The building became the San Francisco Trade School around 1948 and later known as John O'Connell High School. Damaged by the earthquake in 1989, the building was demolished in the early 1990s.
Mission
View southeast across 20th street to abandoned Bethlehem Shipyard, originally called Union Iron Works. All buildings in this view were restored in the late 2010s. Gas storage tanks at right later removed. Remnant of Irish Hill.
Central Waterfront