Pennsylvania near 25th
View northwest to PG&E gas holder next to Victorian houses. 1002 Pennsylvania Avenue before repainting.
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Pennsylvania near 25th
View northwest to gas holder next to 1002 Pennsylvania Avenue after repainting.
Potrero Hill
View W from Russian Hill
[From Lombard & Larkin] Looking northwest past houses on west side of Larkin over gas works undeveloped Harbor View towards Presidio and Golden Gate.
Russian Hill
View E from Diamond Heights
View east from above Douglass Playground, under construction in this view, between Cesar Chavez and Duncan Street. Gas holder at Cesar Chavez (then Army) and Evans in distance. Row of houses facing camera at center are on 1800 block of Castro St., between Cesar Chavez and 27th, and still stand. Potrero Hill in left distance, north side of Bernal Heights in right distance.
Diamond Heights
1002 Pennsylvania Ave
[After - water tower] View northwest across Pennsylvania near 25th. Flat front Italianate in front of PG&E gas holder. See wnp25.4391 for similar image.
Potrero Hill
Embarcadero
[WA-54] State Belt Railroad locomotive # 6 pulling a load of boxcars from a pier shed on the waterfront [G810 WA-054] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
25th & Illinois
Pacific Rolling Mills, looking northeast from 25th Street and Illinois. The tall building in the center of the photo was located on the north side of 23rd Street between the present-day former PG&E Station A structure and the Potrero Power Plant, and was demolished in the 1990s. Lots of smoke from the chimneys. Warm Water Cove at center, note the small boat.
Central Waterfront
Francisco St. Reservoir
View northeast from Larkin toward Bay Street, Fisherman's Wharf, Meiggs' Wharf in background [858-D]
Russian Hill
Illinois & Mariposa
View at gas holder, warehouses, silos, and wartime revision 16-line streetcar #824 with zip stripe livery.
Mission Bay
View from Hearst Building
Elevated view south from rear floors of the Hearst / Examiner Building at 3rd and Market. Mercantile Center Building (Aronson Building) in foreground still stands 2021. Beyond is M.A. Gunst Building (Lansburgh and Joseph, Architects), southwest corner of Mission and 3rd, built 1907. Future site of Yerba Buena and Moscone Center in background. Potrero Hill in the distance.
South of Market
North Beach View
View northwest from the Russ Building (Montgomery near Bush) toward North Beach, St. Francis of Assisi and Ss. Peter & Paul churches, Alcatraz, Belvedere. Almost all buildings in the foreground have since been demolished. Old St. Mary's at center left. Gas storage tank at foot of Powell St. (Ansco Color transparency)
Financial District
View from Russian Hill
View north from top floor of 1101 Green at Leavenworth (built 1930) toward Fisherman's Wharf. Alcatraz. Angel Island with 'Welcome Home - Well Done' sign to welcome returning WWII troops. (Ansco Color transparency)
Russian Hill
View from Coit Tower
View north toward SF Bay, Alcatraz and Fisherman's Wharf from Coit Tower while under construction, showing scaffolding.
Telegraph Hill
Marina
View southeast from the SF Marina at end of Scott Street near Marina Green. Small craft. Russian Hill in background.
Marina
Moscone Playground
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view east to temporary tent camp for refugees on Lobos Square (now Moscone Playground). San Francisco Gas Works, Fontana Warehouse and Fort Mason at upper left. Russian Hill at right.
Marina