18th near Shotwell
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on 18th to cobblestone street split by earthquake damage. Street Kitchen. St. Charles School on left, Krug & Zimmerman malt warehouse, Townley Bros. planing mill on right.
MissionIndustry
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View N from Pacific Hts
Part of Panorama, View northeast over Cow Hollow from about Broadway and Pierce. Gas House Cove, Fort Mason, Alcatraz, Angel Island in background. At center left, The Church of St. Mary the Virgin (Episcopal, built 1891, extant 2020) at southwest corner of Union and Steiner, with trees of Frank M. Pixley estate opposite. Pixley owned the entire forested block and his house was within. He also owned much nearby land and gave the land to St. Mary the Virgin on which they built their church. Pixley, 1825-1895, was a journalist, attorney, and politician.
Pacific Heights
View W from Russian Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View towards Golden Gate with Lobos Square refugee cottages. Gas House cove gas tank at center. View northwest toward Golden Gate from near Chestnut and Polk. Harbor View SF Gas Company tank. The intersection of Van Ness and Chestnut at bottom left. Ferry Bros. Hay & Grain, 2955 Van Ness near Francisco.. Same image as wnp15.603, slightly different cropping.
Russian Hill
Old Fisherman's Wharf
Fishing boats (feluccas) at original Fisherman's Wharf near Union Street.
Northern Waterfront
Harrison near 8th
View northeast across Harrison near 8th. The San Francisco & Pacific Sugar Company Refinery, (northwest corner of 8th and Harrison). D. Hewes Steam Paddy Works. Line of men posing, three with surveying equipment. Train cars filled with sand on right, drawn by small locomotive. Empty cars on left being filled from dunes by steam shovel. Same image as wnp26.519, wnp71.1495.
South of Market
3rd Street & 20th
Elevated view east above 3rd Street, then Kentucky, to two crowded United Railroads streetcars (one is #958] over commercial area near Union Iron Works, with crowded streets behind. In distance, Olympia Hotel 500 20th and Western Hotel 507 20th. [California Promotion Committee. No. 70 Workers Returning From ?]
Dogpatch
View from Diamond Heights
View east from top of Red Rock Hill over Noe Valley towards the bay. Large gas tanks (gasometers) on Army (now Cesar Chavez) St. and Pennsylvania Avenue have since been removed. Potrero Hill in distance left, Bernal Heights far right. SF & San Jose (Southern Pacific) trestle at Dolores and 27th at center right.
Diamond Heights
Unknown Location
Third Street Channel? Barges, Sailing Ships, and Warehouses.
Mission Bay
Sansome & Clay
Elevated view northwest across intersection to Niantic Building, with men, wagons and merchandise posed in front. Porter, Blum and Slessinger Boot and Shoe Factory, Onesti & Connor [SC31]
Financial District
1st & Harrison
View north from 1st and Harrison showing Selby Shot Tower (1st & Howard) at center. Jobson's Observatory on Russian Hill (1861-1869) is faintly visible in the distance left. Watkins title 'First Street, from Rincon Hill.' [SC36 ]
Rincon Hill
View NW from Russian Hill
Looking northwest past houses on west side of Larkin over gas works undeveloped Harbor View towards Presidio and Golden Gate. Same image as wnp37.03661 with different cropping. [SC42 ]
Russian Hill
Montgomery near Chestnut
Mill complex below Telegraph Hill, Globe Mills as built in 1904. Was badly damaged and rebuilt after destruction in 1906 earthquake and fire. (front building still stands) [SC49] Copy of wnp15.701
Telegraph Hill
Fishermans Wharf
View east from Old Fisherman's Wharf north of foot of Union Street showing Feluccas, traditional wooden sailing boats. Ship moored at Union St. Wharf at far right. Clayton St Family Collection [Fishermans' Wharf, SF]
Northern Waterfront
Caselli near Eagle
View northerly on unpaved Caselli Avenue near Eagle. Houses on the 300-block of Caselli all still stand. 339 Caselli at right. Gray Brothers Brick Factory on Corona Heights in background (Clayton St Family Collection)
Eureka Valley
View from Telegraph Hill
View north to Piers 41, 43 and 43 1/2 with sailing ship. Alcatraz, Angel Island. At right 290 Lombard, Art Moderne apartment building, Architect: H.C. Baumann, built 1940.
Telegraph Hill