Government

Contains 1072 photos

Sansome & Commercial
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Sansome & Commercial

View east on Commercial from Sansome, looking towards Ferry Building, Old Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Building on right, area now part of Embarcadero Center.

Financial District
Old Mint
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Old Mint

Elevated view northwest across 5th & Mission to Old U.S. Mint. Cornices had been removed as earthquake hazards.

South of Market
Portsmouth Square
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Portsmouth Square

View east to two men posing in front of Old Hall of Justice in Portsmouth Square.

Chinatown
Alcatraz Island
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Alcatraz Island

Elevated view of west side of island. Angel Island in distance.

SF Bay
Old City Hall
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Old City Hall

View north from Market & 8th Streets to City Hall Square (name changed to Marshall Square in December, 1902), Pioneer Monument (also Lick Monument).

South of Market
Pickets at Civic Center
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Pickets at Civic Center

Pickets from The Northern California Citizens Committee for Abolition of Nuclear Weapons outside Civic Auditorium while President Eisenhower speaks inside. City Hall in background

Civic Center
Market & 8th
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Market & 8th

City Hall, Orpheum Theater, Muni bus 551, looking northwest across Market

Civic Center
Duboce & Buchanan
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Duboce & Buchanan

Looking west on Duboce Street to Buena Vista Park, with US Mint at right.

Mint Hill
War Memorial Building
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War Memorial Building

Veterans Building, looking west across Van Ness Ave from steps of City Hall.

Civic Center
Steuart & Mission
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Steuart & Mission

Elevated view north along Steuart Street from roof of Rincon Annex Post Office. Ferry Station Post Office, Wellman Coffee, Telegraph Hill at left.

Financial District
Mission near Embarcadero
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Mission near Embarcadero

Elevated view east from the Rincon Annex Post Office. Roof of Audiffred Building at right. California State Agricultural Building, Treasure Island in background. Olsen's Cafe 98 Embarcadero.

Financial District
City Hall
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City Hall

View northwest to Polk Street side during construction of Brooks Hall.

Civic Center
Civic Center
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Civic Center

view northwest to Bob in Civic Center Plaza across from City Hall, standing in front of Civic Auditorium

Civic Center
1152 Oak
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1152 Oak

View north to 1152 Oak Street. Engine Company No. 21 firehouse with square hose tower (constructed in 1893), San Francisco Landmark #89. Not in service, but still (2020) owned by fire department.

Panhandle
Fulton & Larkin
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Fulton & Larkin

View northeast across Larkin to old Main Library (later Asian Art Museum), Market Street Railway bus #302 with zip stripe livery.

Civic Center