Alcatraz, north end
From Bay looking East to Bay Bridge
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Contains 786 photos
Top of the Mark
View northeast to Telegraph Hill, Angel Island, Alcatraz, North Beach. Fairmont and Brocklebank Apartments in foreground.
Nob Hill
Telegraph Hill
Coit Tower parking lot in Pioneer Park. View north to Alcatraz, Angel Island, Mt. Tamalpais; aircraft carrier with planes on flight deck. At right, top of 290 Lombard, Art Moderne apartment building, Architect: H.C. Baumann, built 1940.
Telegraph Hill
Top of the Mark
View north to Park Lane Apartments, Brocklebank Apartments, Alcatraz, Angel Island, Russian Hill. Gas storage tank at foot of Powell Street.
Downtown
Alcatraz Island
North end of Alcatraz, viewed from boat in the bay. Industrial buildings, powerhouse smokestack, water tower, prison building, lighthouse, staff apartments.
SF Bay
Treasure Island
Oldsmobile parked on Yerba Buena Island. Treasure Island and GGIE (under construction) in background
Yerba Buena Island
View above Civic Center
Above Market looking to Yerba Buena Island; Standard Oil building
Civic Center
View E from Mark Hopkins
View from Top of the Mark. Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island, California Street to waterfront from Top of the Mark Hopkins Hotel.
Nob Hill
SF Bay
Sailboats and motor yachts off Gas House Cove. Belvedere, Tiburon, and Angel Island visible in distance. Pier 1 of Fort Mason on right border.
Marina
View S from Belvedere island
View south from hillside on Belvedere Island looking towards San Francisco northern waterfront. Ferries en route to and from Sausalito.
Outside SF
View from Telegraph Hill
View southeast to Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island and Treasure Island at left.
Telegraph Hill
View from Telegraph Hill
Image is displayed in reverse, pending repair. View north to Piers 37 (Johnson, Grace Lines), 35 (Matson Lines), and 33. Angel Island in background. In lower center is National Paper Products building at Francisco and Montgomery Streets, still standing in 2024, though heavily redeveloped.
Telegraph Hill
Alcatraz Aerial
[March 25 - 1941 (sic) Alcatraz Prison ] Aerial view of Alcatraz Island looking north. Parade ground with staff housing at right, Main prison, lighthouse and Warden's House atop island, Industrial buildings at left. (Note: Photo was taken before date on negative since several buildings built 1937-1941 are not present.
Alcatraz Aerial
Aerial view of Alcatraz Island, looking northwest. Parade Ground with staff housing in foreground. Main prison building, lighthouse and Warden's House atop the island.
Alcatraz Island
North end of island showing industrial buildings. Prison building and recreation yard atop island. Army vessel 'Frank M. Coxe' at left. (The Coxe ran between Alcatraz, Angel Island and Fort Mason, carrying passengers and freight, until 1946 when the army shut down Fort McDowell on Angel Island.)