View from Twin Peaks
View of the City from Twin Peaks [DPW A2611]
DowntownGovernment
Contains 1072 photos
Mayor Rossi Inauguration
Inauguration ceremony for Angelo Rossi in Board of Supervisors chamber at City Hall. [Rossi Inaugurated Mayor] [DPW A2832]
Downtown
US Custom House
Main entrance to the United States Custom House on Battery Street. Granite carvings on the outside of the building were done <em>in situ</em> from raw granite blocks.
North Beach
San Quentin
Old guard tower at San Quentin State Penitentiary in Marin County.
Outside SF
Hayes near Polk
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view northeast to City Hall ruins
Civic Center
South of Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest to City Hall from south of Market area.
South of Market
Mission High School
Construction view. Elevated view East over school site toward Dolores. Dolores Park corner at right, at left Swedish Tabernacle on southeast corner of Dolores & Dorland
Mission
7th & Mission
[New Post Office 7 & Mission] View northeast to earthquake damaged Post Office and Court House. Men seated on street corner.
South of Market
Girls High School
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view southeast to Girls High School earthquake damage
Western Addition
Old City Hall in Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View of City Hall damage looking northwest from Market Street toward James Lick (Pioneer) Monument and Marshall Square [City Hall April 18, 1906]
South of Market
Geary & Scott
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast to significant earthquake damage to Girls High School
Western Addition
8th Street near Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View on 8th St near Market to ruins of old City Hall. Marshall Square and Pioneer (James Lick) Monument in center. Vendors stalls near Monument.
South of Market
City Hall at Night
Pre-Earthquake, City Hall Illuminated with lights.
South of Market
Dome of Old City Hall
Looking up at the dome of the pre-1906 City Hall. "City Hall Dome Top DHW 6-12-00 interior view"
Civic Center
Pioneer Monument
Elevated view north to James Lick (Pioneer) Monument (then located at what is presently Hyde & Grove Sts. in front of old City Hall). In 1993, the monument was moved to the pedestrian mall on Fulton Street between the Asian Art Museum and the new Main Library. The French-made cannon in front of of the monument was a Spanish-American war prize, presented by the Army in a ceremony on March 21, 1900. It is now in the Presidio. "New City Hall Square" sign on monument. Name changed to Marshall Square in December, 1902. (DHW 3-12-99)
Civic Center