Government

Contains 1072 photos

Alcatraz Island
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Alcatraz Island

Inspection party prior to opening U.S. Penitentiary. Left to Right, S.F. Police Chief William Quinn, Mayor Angelo Rossi, Warden James A. Johnston and U.S. Attorney General Homer Cummings posed on roadway next to lighthouse.

SF Bay
Civic Center
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Civic Center

View west to City Hall, men lined up in front of new prowl cars for liquor board. Call Bulletin.

Civic Center
Civic Center
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Civic Center

View east to State Office Building (later Earl Warren Building), men posed in front of new prowl cars for liquor board. Call Bulletin.

Civic Center
South Van Ness & Howard
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South Van Ness & Howard

Elevated view north over intersection, City Hall at left. Mowhawk gas station.

South of Market
Mariposa Near Bryant
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Mariposa Near Bryant

View west on Mariposa toward Bryant, Muni car barn. Arrival of Magic Carpet streetcar, Muni J-Line #1001 being unloaded at car house. [San Francisco St. Cars New Muni Jobs]

Mission
Market & Fulton
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Market & Fulton

Federal Building, Arthur Brown, Jr., architect

Civic Center
Clay & Kearny
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Clay & Kearny

McDonough Brothers Bail Bonds, looking north on Kearny, Hall of Justice in background, center

Golden Gateway
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Golden Gateway

Construction view from roof garden of Russ Building,elevated view, Old Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Building, at left, embarcadero freeway in background

Alcoa Bldg construction
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Alcoa Bldg construction

Alcoa Building (One Maritime Plaza) from roof garden of Russ Building

Financial District
City Hall
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City Hall

City Hall, looking west across Civic Center Plaza from corner of McAllister and Larkin Street

Civic Center
United Nations Plaza
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United Nations Plaza

View north across plaza under construction. East side of Old Federal Building at left.

Civic Center
Opera House
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Opera House

View from Grove & Van Ness, part of the War Memorial Complex built in 1931-32.

Civic Center
Battery & Washington
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Battery & Washington

Elevated view across intersection to northwest corner. U.S. Custom House in foreground, Appraiser's Building at left.

North Beach
2150 California St
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2150 California St

Engine Company 15 Firehouse. 2150 (Originally 2014) California Street. Built 1885, demolished and replaced by present firehouse in 1959-1960, which also occupies lot to the left.

Pacific Heights
Portola near Miraloma
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Portola near Miraloma

1091 Portola Boulevard, Engine Company number 39, Firehouse number 39, built 1923.

Sherwood Forest