View from Telegraph Hill
View north with Angel Island in background. Piers 33 and Pier 35. At left, 290 Lombard, Art Moderne apartment building, Architect: H.C. Baumann, built 1940.
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View N from Telegraph Hill
View north with Angel Island and Alcatraz in background. Old Pier 39 and Balclutha, Fisherman's Wharf. At right 290 Lombard, Art Moderne apartment building, Architect: H.C. Baumann, built 1940. At center left, area where gas holding tank (gasometer) has been removed.
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View N from Telegraph Hill
View north to Angel Island and Alcatraz. At right 290 Lombard, Art Moderne apartment building, Architect: H.C. Baumann, built 1940. At left, gas holding tank (gasometer) at foot of Powell St.
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Bayshore & Leland
View north to Bayview Hill on right. Edison Hotel, Market Street Railway (MSRy) 16-line streetcar #956 with zip stripe livery approaching. Bodinson Manufacturing Company at right.
Visitacion Valley
Embarcadero & Green
Motorized trolley 'Side Walk Car' and passengers. James Rolph & Co. Coal Bunkers at Pier 15.
Northern Waterfront
Embarcadero near Union
View west across Embarcadero and railroad tracks to warehouses, Telegraph Hill, and Coit Tower. George L. Burger Potatoes and Onions. National Ice and Cold Storage (Union & Battery).
Northern Waterfront
Fremont & Harrison
View east to Bay Bridge, Victorian house on corner, Hills Brothers Coffee Plant (1922-24, George Kelham architect), Joseph Magnin Warehouse, One Harrison (1918, George Applegarth architect). Wiley Birdcage traffic signal on right corner.
Rincon Hill
View from Telegraph Hill
View north to Embarcadero, sailing ship at left, Alcatraz, Angel Island. Gas storage tank (gasometer) at foot of Powell St. at far left.
Telegraph Hill
Fisherman's Wharf
Fishing boats in lagoon, view west towards Marin Headlands. Feluccas, traditional wooden sailing boats. Nets drying on pier.
Chestnut near Mason
Bocce Courts and men playing on the current site of Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center (TEL Hi) Gymnasium. View north toward Chestnut between Powell and Mason. Flats at 566-568 and 572-578 Chestnut still stand 2021. Bauer-Schweitzer Hop and Malt factory at right was originally reconstructed in 1908 on the site of its prior operation dating to 1880, which had been destroyed in 1906. The portion on Chestnut and some other portions of the factory were demolished and converted to housing in the early 2000's. The taller portion in the far background which fronts on Francisco, was designated San Francisco Landmark #129 and converted to housing as part of the same project, retaining some of its original features. [Recreation & Parks]
North Beach
Beale & Mission
View east on Mission to street work in progress with sign 'Growing with San Francisco Means More Telephones.' Large rooftop sign in distance for Lipton's Tea Coffee Cocoa, Wm. Cluff Co. (southwest corner of Mission & Spear), Wihr Printing Co., Horsford Bros. Co. pullies and belting 235 Mission, E.C. Atkins & Co. saw manufacturers 257 Mission. In distance center, California State Agricultural Building, Audiffred Building. Horse drawn dray wagons at right. [Commercial Advertising Display, Typical Plant Operations]
Financial District
Unknown Location
Employees posed in carriage factory shop.
View E from Telegraph Hill
[Return to MGM Art Dept.] View E towards Embarcadero, Pier 19, Elevated view from Union near Calhoun Terrace.
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South Beach
View northeast to Rincon Hill and boatyards, from approximately 2nd and Townsend. St. Mary's Hospital (Bryant and 1st St.), U.S. Marine Hospital (later Sailors' Home) at right. Same image, slightly different cropping as Lawrence & Houseworth stereoview No. 383. 'St. Mary's Hospital, South Beach, San Francisco'. [South Beach 1865, HOS-1] (G810 HOS-001) (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
South Beach
Embarcadero near Mission
View east to Pier 2 at foot of Mission (at left) and Pier 4 (on right), formerly called Mission St. Wharf Nos. 1 and 2. New Wellington Coal, Western Fuel Co. coal bunker with moveable derricks on right. Garbage scow on left, ferry approaching in distance. Farmers Transportation Co. and Steamer Valletta freight shed on Pier 2 at left. Yerba Buena Island in distance. [G810 SH-576] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Financial District