Contains 85 photos
View West from Russian Hill to Cow Hollow, Harbor View, Washerwoman's Lagoon, Presidio, Strawberry Island, Fort Point and Point Bonita. Taken from near summit of Russian Hill. Future intersection of Lombard and Larkin at right. (Superior version of WNP71.1453 copy by Hecht)
Russian Hill
Looking through supports of Golden Gate Bridge towards SF skyline
Outside SF
View south from Battery Spencer in the Marin Headlands. Numerous sailboats in the Golden Gate.
View west from Russian Hill from Green Street between Leavenworth and Jones, the intersection of Green and Leavenworth at center. Green Street W of Leavenworth had not been excavated. The octagon house at 1065 Green still stands, with an added story. The house next to it at 1055 Green also still stands, though it was much altered by Julia Morgan in the 1910s. Washerwoman's Lagoon and Presidio in distance. [Lawrence and Houseworth 304] Same image as wnp37.02716, different cropping.
Russian Hill
View north to early Cow Hollow homes; Presidio beach and tidal slough. Harbor View at center. Fort Point and Marin Headlands. Large corner mansion with tower and gardens front and back was at southwest corner of Pierce and Union and built circa 1884 by wealthy attorney and landowner David Bixler. Four story windmill and water tank on Union above Pierce. House at center with Mansard roof was home of Louis Schultz at 2426 Filbert. Probably taken from near Broadway and Fillmore. Darker version with different cropping and less detail at wnp71.1455.
Pacific Heights
[140. Fort Point, from Clay St. Hill, Helios] View northwest from Clay near Hyde Street. Two boys and man with keg on shoulder. St. Brigid Church (1864) in middle distance left at Broadway and Van Ness, early houses, Marin Headlands, Golden Gate. Larkin St. Presbyterian Church (Larkin & Pacific, completed 1864) at center right.
Nob Hill
Steamer 'City of New York' stranded off Point Bonita, with six lifeboats in water. Lands End in distance across Golden Gate. See wnp71.0350 [G810 SH-684] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
View west at sunset. [G57 SGG-001] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Looking west from Meiggs' Wharf showing the Golden Gate Strait, Fort Mason, the Presidio and Fort Point, the Marin Headlands and a steamship in the distance, and a scow schooner with possibly a load of hay at center. [B 1166 The Golden Gate, and Black Point, San Francisco, Cal - Taber]
Fishermans Wharf
View northeast over Palace of the Legion of Honor. Verso: [In the foreground, the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in a gorgeous setting overlooking the Golden Gate, the Golden Gate Bridge, Fort Point, Angel Island and San Francisco Bay]
Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
View northeast toward the Golden Gate. View across empty lot where 740 El Camino del Mar will be built.
Seacliff
Older woman and girl standing on bluff overlooking Baker Beach (also Bakers Beach) and Golden Gate. View to north from approximately today's #3 25th Ave in Sea Cliff. Lobos Creek and board fence marking Presidio boundary behind them. [Aunt and Golden Gate]
Seacliff
Oil tanker SS Frank Buck sinking off Lands End. Point Bonita visible directly above ship's funnel.
Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
View looking north over Fort Point and Golden Gate. Marin Tower partly constructed, excavation in process in foreground for San Francisco anchorage. Houses at center were for lighthouse keepers. Note how the far house has been moved forward to allow for excavation work.
Presidio
View north from Fort Point towards temporary trestle extending out to construction site for San Francisco tower. Marin Tower partly complete in distance.
Presidio