View from SF Bay
View east from ferry boat toward Treasure Island and Golden Gate International Exposition, Treasure Island, Yerba Buena Island and Bay Bridge at right.
Island
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SF Bay
View north on SF Bay from ferry boat approaching Tiburon. Belvedere Island at left.
Outside SF
Alcatraz
View northeast from ship on SF Bay off Ft. Mason toward Alcatraz.
Alcatraz Island
West side of Alcatraz viewed from a military ship with soldiers lining the rails. Probably a military transport heading into or leaving Fort Mason and the San Francisco Port of Embarkation.
SF Bay
View from Fort Mason
View of Alcatraz Island from Fort Mason. Pier 4 of Fort Mason (also the Alcatraz landing) at bottom of photo
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Market near 2nd
View northeast down Market, probably from the Hobart Building. Yerba Buena Island and Ferry Building in the distance, Flatiron Building at lower left.
Financial District
Marina District
Christofferson (either Silas or Harry) landing the 'Flying Boat' near the proposed PPIE site. Promotional air meets started at the future fair grounds in November 1913. [Christoffersen with flying boat at Fair Grounds - 1913. $15 each for carrying passengers]
Marina
View from Nob Hill
View northeast from the roof of the Stanford Mansion at California and Powell toward Ferry Building and Yerba Buena Island (then Goat Island). At left, Hall of Justice on Portsmouth Squear, Montgomery Block, Appraiser's Building, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building(1893). At right , Shaari Zedek synagogue at northeast corner California and Stockton, Old St. Mary's Church. At far right, Safe Deposit Building, Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York Building (Sansome & California). Notably absent is Kohl Building, built 1900-1901. [original - from direct negative][1900 panorama 2/4]
Nob Hill
View from the Fairmont
View northeast from the roof of the Fairmont Hotel. (Fairmont Tower now obscures this view) Hall of Justice and adjoining County Jail on Portsmouth Square and Sentinel Building at center, Appraisers Building behind. Treasure Island in early stages of construction in the background. Yerba Buena Island, Bay Bridge, East Bay Hills.
Nob Hill
Diamond Heights Aerial
View northeast over under construction Diamond Heights development, Noe Valley, Mission District, Bernal Heights, South of Market, and Potrero Hill. Houses have been built on the lower portion of Red Rock Hill, but the rest of Diamond Heights is still undeveloped. Portions of Midtown Terrace at bottom left, Miraloma Park , Glen Canyon and Glen Park at bottom, Twin Peaks at far left. [15078]
Sherwood Forest
View from Nob Hill
Elevated view east from Nob Hill probably from the Mark Hopkins Hotel toward the Metropolitan Life Insurance Building at center, Bay and Yerba Buena Island beyond. Notable skyscrapers include Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Standard Oil Building, Hobart Building, Matson Building, PG&E Building (under construction, completed 1925). Pacific Telephone Company business offices (430-444 Bush) under construction between Bush and Pine at right center, across from Pacific Telephone Building at 445 Bush. Original Federal Reserve Bank, Montgomery Block, Appraisers Building, Bank of Italy at left. At right of center, Mills Building, Alexander Building. (Notably absent is Russ Building, 1927).
Nob Hill
View from Twin Peaks
View northeast from Twin Peaks Boulevard, Market Street at center.
Upper Market
Southern Embarcadero
Elevated view north from Pier 46 towards Pier 44 near Berry Street. Ferry Building , U.S. Marine Hospital, Sherman Clay Warehouse in the distance at left. First two piers (Piers 44 and 42) no longer exist, now this is South Beach Harbor. Yerba Buena Island at right.
South Beach
View from Golden Gateway
Elevated view north from Golden Gateway high-rise toward Telegraph Hill, Angel Island in background. Intersection of Front and Pacific in foreground, Columbo Arch in the future Sydney Walton Square. Buildings on the right facing Broadway were demolished for the Embarcadero Square development. Embarcadero Freeway Broadway ramps, National Ice and Cold Storage Co
Northern Waterfront
Bay Bridge
Blurry view east toward Bay Bridge and Yerba Buena Island. Ferry boat and US Navy aircraft carrier USS Sartoga at center. (Saratoga featured a broad vertical stripe down her 'island' to avoid confusion with her twin ship, USS Lexington, which had a horizontal stripe.)