View from Telegraph Hill
[TEH784 Fisherman's Wharf T.E. Hecht] View East from near Telegraph Hill Blvd and Montgomery St toward then Fisherman's Wharf. Union St. Wharf to its right. Yerba Buena Island in the background.
Telegraph HillIndustry
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Fisherman's Wharf
View east to dock, fishing boats, Alioto's, Fishermen's Grotto and Tarantino's restaurants.
Fishermans Wharf
Bay Bridge construction
View east from Rincon Hill; Hills Brothers Coffee Plant (1922-24, George Kelham architect), Joseph Magnin Warehouse, One Harrison (1918, George Applegarth architect);; Bay Bridge under construction. Yerba Buena Island in background. Bridge on Harrison over Beale.
Rincon Hill
Bay Bridge construction
View east from Rincon Hill; Hills Brothers Coffee Plant (1922-24, George Kelham architect), Joseph Magnin Warehouse (1918, George Applegarth architect); Bay Bridge under construction.
Rincon Hill
View of San Francisco
[S.F 1906 North from 1st and Harrison St] View north to Merchants Exchange (1904), Selby Shot Tower, Miner's Hotel, Telegraph Hill. Same image as wnp71.1553 with slight cropping difference and more contrast.
Rincon Hill
Market & Montgomery
Elevated view east to Yerba Buena Island. Zech's Piano Factory, National Flouring Mills, sailing ships in distance. Muddy street and board sidewalks. [TEH12 Down Market St. in 1865 T. E. Hecht] See wnp37.02089.
Financial District
Essex near Folsom
[North from Rincon Hill TEH69] View northeast past Selby Shot Tower. Telegraph Hill and Angel Island in distance. Houses on north side of 500 Block of Folsom. Same image as wnp71.0512 with different cropping.
Rincon Hill
3rd near 20th
View southeast across 3rd Street to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 16-Line #956 with zip stripe livery approaching. American Can Company in background. Taken just before wnp27.3664.
Dogpatch
Jefferson near Taylor
Fisherman's Wharf. View West on Jefferson toward Jones. Fishermen mending nets. Marine Engine Repair Shop, Boicelli & Boss Machine Works, 2909 Jones (Al Scoma Way) in distance.
Fishermans Wharf
Harrison near 8th
[TEH335 8th & Harrison 1865. Gordon's Sugar House Pacific Refinery OF-23 T.E. Hecht] 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.
South of Market
Waterfront view
Aerial looking east to the waterfront. Howard Street at right center. Ferries in the bay. Yerba Buena Island and Oakland in the background. Folger Coffee plant with large sign atop. [A portion of Waterfront, San Francisco]
South of Market
Union Iron Works
[Battleship Ohio Launched May 18 1901 Union Iron Works San Francisco] View of the battleship USS Ohio (BB12) being launched. Hull completed, superstructure incomplete.
Central Waterfront
View from Telegraph Hill
View northwest from Layman's Castle northwest toward Selby Smelting Plant, California Wire Works factory (to left of center, with large ship being built to its north), remains of Meiggs' Wharf, future site of Fisherman's Wharf. Lumber yards, grain sheds built on Sea Wall, Alcatraz Island and Marin Headlands.
Telegraph Hill
View SE from Fort Mason
View southeast from Fort Mason to Pioneer Woolen Mills, next to Black Point (today's Fort Mason). Present day Aquatic Park. Tall smokestack was for Spring Valley Water Co. pump station at foot of Van Ness Ave. [121. Pioneer Woolen Mills, Black Point](Cropped version of wnp71.1481)
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Embarcadero near Folsom
View north from corner of Folsom and Embarcadero (then South East St.) of mules being loaded up a ramp. Trestle bridge in distance crossing Embarcadero was for loading coal. [11271 Loading mules for China]
Rincon Hill