Bay Bridge
Elevated view looking southeast from around Spear and Market. Many military ships in harbor. YMCA on Embarcadero, Rincon Annex Post Office
Financial DistrictHotel
Contains 945 photos
Downtown skyline
N.W. from Chronicle Building, Mark Hopkins Hotel at center, dirigible in sky1930s
South of Market
Taylor & O'Farrell
NW corner showing new Hotel Californian. The building was completed in 1924 by architect Edward E. Young for owner Matthew A. Little for around $2 million and opened as the Hotel Californian. Four additional stories were added in 1929 by architect Alfred Henry Jacobs. It was purchased in 1935 by the Glide Foundation for over $1 million as an investment property to support Glide Church. Next door on Taylor is the first Bohemian Garage, built on the pre-fire site of the old Club Stables, the longest continuously operating stable in the Tenderloin. Next to the Bohemian Garage is the Hotel Bellevue on Geary and Taylor. (PF) West on O'Farrell are Hotel Eureka, Fifth Church of Christ Scientist (completed 1923,with scaffolding) and Hotel Sequoia.
Tenderloin
Market & Powell
View northwest across Market to Powell and Eddy, Bank of Italy headquarters (opened 1921, later Bank of America, Bliss & Faville, architects), Hotel Turpin.
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
Knights Templar Tower. St Francis Hotel in background. XXXIX Triennial Conclave, July 7-13, 1934
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
Hotel St Francis, rainy weather. View west from Stockton Street.
Downtown / Union Square
Geary near Powell
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Reconstruction, new wing of St. Francis Hotel under construction, fire damage, tents in Union Square [St. Francis Hotel #50 Bushnell Foto Co.]
Downtown / Union Square
Market & New Montgomery
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Ruins, Palace Hotel from Market Street [Palace Hotel. #38 Bushnell Foto Co.]
South of Market
Jones & Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view northeast to earthquake Ruins, Hibernia Bank and remains of Prager's Department Store (Murphy Building) in foreground, Flood Mansion, Fairmont Hotel, First Congregational Church and St. Francis Hotel in background.. [16894 Powel [Sic], Mason, Tailor [Sic], Stockton, Dupont, Kearney [Sic] and Montgomery Streets, Great Earthquake, San Francisco]
Tenderloin
Washington & Sansome
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Damage, elevated view southwest over Chinatown to Nob Hill. Montgomery Block at left [13288. View from the rear of the Hall of Justice -- Fairmount Hotel in the distance. San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Disaster of April 18, 1906.] Notes on back.
North Beach
Market & Kearny
View Southeast across Market [Palace Hotel & Lotta's Fountain] Castro St. Cable Car.
Downtown / Union Square
Powell & Market
The Baldwin Hotel , front view facing Market Street
Downtown / Union Square
Montgomery & Sutter
View northeast to Occidental Hotel.
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Geary
Market, Geary and Kearny Streets. View southeast across Market St. to Palace Hotel. Lotta's Fountain (dedicated September, 1875) in foreground, portion of Grand Hotel at far left, Nucleus Block building at right, in early stages of construction. People on street corner and around fountain. Duplicate of wnp37.02342. [No. 135. Palace Hotel, San Francisco]
Downtown / Union Square
California & Powell
Fairmont Hotel; Muni California Cable Car #523
Nob Hill