Contains 1113 photos
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north from Market St. to remains of the Humboldt Savings Bank office at 626 Market. The bank refurbished that small building and reopened before moving to a large skyscraper to the west, near 4th Street. Horse and Wagon, workers on Oakland Traction Company tower truck work on overhead streetcar wires. Sign for Lacey Saloon to right of bank entrance. East wall of Chronicle Building at left.
Downtown / Union Square
View West on Carl toward Cole, before Sunset Tunnel construction, Houses on left still stand, rightmost two houses moved or demolished for tunnel right of way. - United Railroads [U02239]
Cole Valley
City Hall and City Hall Square (name changed to Marshall Square in December, 1902), viewed north from center of 8th Street. Pioneer (James Lick) Monument at center. [Leather Rose Album]
South of Market
View east. Baldwin Hotel behind telephone pole at left. Man in horse drawn wagon [Market Street toward the Ferries, San Francisco, Cal., USA copyright 1892 by Underwood & Underwood]
Downtown / Union Square
View west on California to busy street scene. Grace Church, Fairmont Hotel in distance. Kohl Building, Brown & Power stationers, Bank of California, Friedlander's Building in center distance. [16882. California St. looking West toward Nob Hill, just before the Earthquake, San Francisco]. Fairmont, Grace Church, Kohl Building, Bank of California, Brown & Power stationers.
Financial District
Elevated view west on Clay Street from Kearny to Clay Street Cable Railroad car #2 approaching the turntable at the terminus of the Clay Street line. H. Taube jeweler, R. Cutlar dentist. Portsmouth Square at right. Portsmouth House and fire station in background. [188 Kearney Street, San Francisco.]
Chinatown
View northwest to NW corner, Polk & Bush. G.F. Roberts (George F. Roberts) candy company advertisement. Polk Street Restaurant, Oriental Tea, Co., G. W. Jenkins, dentist; Chas. Vale & Son, hardware, people posing in front.
Lower Nob Hill
View north from Fulton. Turrill & Miller [No. 254 Fillmore St. North from Fulton St., May 26, 1908] [485, Fillmore 1908]
Hayes Valley
'Sham battle,' with visitors in foreground awaiting gunnery practice. View west over main post to Golden Gate. Three-story old Post Hospital at right center.
Presidio
View looking east along Main Drive from near Conservatory of Flowers to women walking with parasols, sitting in the grass, people in horse drawn conveyances. [Life in Golden Gate Park]
Golden Gate Park
Howard (now South Van Ness) near 25th Street, showing horsecar #19. Looking northwest. House with witch's-hat tower is 1348 South Van Ness. Other houses may have been since rebuilt or altered. [W.S. Howard St., Instantaneous View, Horse Car near 25th Street, August 18, 1886, S.F. Cal., MB Coll]
Mission
View north on Mission toward 16th, Mission Grammar School in the background. 'Oysters' sign with wet sidewalk. Horsecar northbound on Mission. [C MB Coll N.W. cor 26th Mission, Haight School (caption is incorrect) S.F. CAL Aug 19, 1886]
Mission
View northeast to intersection. Abrahams Pharmacy and E. P. Halsted, Dentist on northeast corner. L. Dresner Tailors at 1188 McAllister. [060]
Alamo Square
2139 Mission near 16th, Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Mission office.
Mission
[New Pac T.&T. Co Office - 333 Grant Ave Formerly Home Tel. Bldg. S.F.]Elevated view west across Grant to Pacific Telephone office, San Francisco Historic Landmark number 141, designed by Coxhead and Coxhead in 1908.
Downtown / Union Square