Contains 945 photos
View southwest across Union Square towards a large replica of Balboa's ship on display. Union Square decorated for the Portola Festival Oct. 22 - 25. In 1913 the Portola Festival theme centered more on images from 1513, when Balboa 'discovered' the Pacific Ocean. St. Francis Hotel decorated with bunting and American flags at right, Elkan Gunst Building at left.
Downtown / Union Square
View south across Geary to Hotel Stewart at 353 Geary Street between Powell and Mason Streets (1907). Now the Handlery Union Square Hotel. The building has since had an addition on the west side.
Downtown / Union Square
Motel at 2322 Lombard Street near Pierce. [Capt. C. Jokstad Sea Captain's Motel On U.S. 101 Near Golden Gate Bridge 7 minutes to Union Square]
Marina
Interior view of front desk and lobby of Hotel Tallac, Ellis St. between Powell and Cyril Magnin St. [140 Ellis Street Best 1.00 a day Rooms in S.F. / J.H. Shaw, Manager E. A. Petrie, Chief Clerk]
Downtown / Union Square
Viewed south from Market and 8th St. Originally built as San Francisco's temporary City Hall and served as such from 1912 to 1915. Then became Hotel Whitcomb.
South of Market
Hotel Leamington, Franklin near 19th Street, Republican Presidential Candidate Thomas E. Dewey and California Governor Earl Warren arrive at Hotel Leamington for a reception
Outside SF
Hotel Leamington, Franklin near 19th Street, Republican Presidential Candidate Thomas E. Dewey and California Governor Earl Warren arrive at Hotel Leamington for a reception
Outside SF
Elevated view west on Post between Powell and Mason, motorcade of Republican Presidential Candidate Thomas E. Dewey approaching the St. Francis Hotel. People lining both sides of the street.
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view east om Market from Kearny and Geary. Lotta's Fountain at center, Chronicle Building at left, Grand Hotel and Palace Hotel in the background. Geary Street cable car (trailer and dummy) dash sign reads 'Richmond Race Track via Geary.' McAllister cable car at right. [6695 View down Market St. Showing Lotta Fountain and Palace Hotel]
Downtown / Union Square
View west from center of California toward Sansome, cable car approaching intersection. At right, Bank of California, London and San Francisco Bank, built in 1873-1874 (later Bank of California and American Trust Company) at Leidesdorff, Mercantile Trust Co. Building (1903,Albert Pissis, Architect), Kohl Building. Parrott Block. Streetlamps with multiple globe lights. At left, Merchants Exchange. Notably absent is Insurance Exchange Building (1913).
Financial District
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast across Market from Geary toward ruins of the Palace Hotel. [15. Ruins of the Palace Hotel] Debris chute at left leading to Chronicle Building.
Downtown / Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north on Mason St, First Congregational Church and Native Sons of the Golden West Building. [16. Mason Str North From Geary Lipman Photo] Fairmont Hotel in background. (Original print of wnp26.453)
Lower Nob Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, looking east on California St from Jones. Ruins at left of William H. Crocker mansion, present site of Grace Cathedral. Flood Mansion and Fairmont Hotel in distance.
Nob Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, ruins of Palace Hotel. Call Building in distance.
Financial District
1906 Earthquake and Fire, elevated view northwest across Valencia to collapsed Valencia Street Hotel between 18th and 19th Streets before fire burned the block. Many people in street. (Different cropping but superior version of wnp27.4951)
Mission