Island

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View up Market Street
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View up Market Street

Elevated view east from Hobart Building rooftop to Yerba Buena Island in the distance; From lower left, roof of Flatiron Building, Postal Telegraph Building, Fife Building, Ferry Building, Southern Pacific Building, Stevenson Building, Hooker & Lent Building with Cunard Line signage (renamed Cunard Building in 1917), Underwood Building 525 Market. Dozens of streetcars on Market Street. Notably absent are Matson & PG&E Buildings (1923-1925)

Financial District
SOMA Aerial
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SOMA Aerial

Sites of Yerba Buena Gardens and Moscone Center, Bay Bridge

South of Market
Alcatraz
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Alcatraz

Powerhouse, laundry, and shop buildings at north end of island. Road Tower and Model Shop Tower visible, connected by catwalks. Foghorn building at far right.

Alcatraz
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Alcatraz

View of south end of island from bay. Guard apartments and house at left, dock at right.

GGIE
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GGIE

Golden Gate International Exposition, View from Telegraph Hill

Telegraph Hill
View from Fairmont
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View from Fairmont

Looking east to Financial District, Alcoa Building, Bay Bridge

Nob Hill
View from Fairmont
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View from Fairmont

Looking east to Financial District, Alcoa Building, Bay Bridge, Hartford Building

Nob Hill
View from Fairmont
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View from Fairmont

Closer view oflLooking east to Financial District, Alcoa Building, Bay Bridge, Hartford Building

Nob Hill
View from Fairmont
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View from Fairmont

Looking northeeast to Telegraph Hill and North Beach

Nob Hill
View from Fairmont
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View from Fairmont

Looking north to North Beach, Alcatraz, Angel Island

Nob Hill
Hyde near Francisco
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Hyde near Francisco

Looking north on Hyde Street to Alcatraz. Cable Car #514 descending hill.

Russian Hill
View from Nob Hill
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View from Nob Hill

View north from the Mark Hopkins toward Russian Hill and Alcatraz; Royal Towers Apartments (1750 Green near Taylor) under construction. Pier 45 in the background.

Nob Hill
GGIE
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GGIE

Golden Gate International Exposition, Visit of Franklin D. Roosevelt in motorcade, Construction of GGIE, Tower of the Sun [After a luncheon with 1000 specially invited guests during which he made a 15 minutes address to the nation over the air, FDR is pictured as he left the Treasure Island site of the 1939 GGIE thus opening a new road via the San Francisco Bay Bridge]

Treasure Island
Yerba Buena Island
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Yerba Buena Island

[Goat Island or Yerba Buena; just south of Treasure Island, San Francisco Bay; World's Fair; 1938-39] West side of island from Bay. Photo taken before Bay Bridge

Treasure Island
Yerba Buena Island
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Yerba Buena Island

From Bay [Goat Island Near SF] South side of island.