Contains 2516 photos
View east on Geary between Stockton and Grant (then Dupont Avenue) toward the Palace Hotel. Chronicle Building, Palace Hotel, cable car tracks. [SS-33 Geary St 1890 East Stockton] [F810 SS-033] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view northeast across Grant (then Dupont) to Old St. Mary's Church. Flags for Independence Day. Line of military on horses, Governor Stanford on balcony. [328. Dupont St. 4 July 1862 Gov. Stanford on balcony. SS-34] [F810 SS-034] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Chinatown
Looking north to west side of Kearny St., Lotta's Fountain at right. Centemeri Kid Gloves, gold tooth which inspired Frank Norris' use in "McTeague" hanging from building at left. Large "Dentistry" sign with eagle on roof. Flannery Building at far left with "Holt's Patent Printing Wheel", "California Elastic Truss Co.", and Dentist signs.. Same image as Taber B 17. Kearny Street, wnp37.00324, different cropping. [Kearny Street SS-50] [F810 SS-050] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view north across 3rd to scaffolding alongside Call Building during early stages of remodeling as Central Tower. Hotel Doric sign on Hotel King, Barrel House bar, Kane's Log Cabin dairy lunch, Market Street Railway 16-line streetcar, Owl Drug Co., Mutual Bank Building. [8-19-37]
South of Market
View southeast toward Pacific Telegraph and Telephone Building, 140 New Montgomery, under construction. Designed by Timothy Pflueger, it is one of SF's most iconic early skyscrapers. To the right is the San Francisco Furniture Exchange building, built 1920 and still standing on New Montgomery between Natoma and Howard. Signs on nearby buildings for Gladding, McBean & Co. and Butte Electrical.
South of Market
View from Pine and Montgomery of Russ Building under construction. [George W. Kelham, architect. Dinwiddie Construction Co., general contractors. Date: Feb. 24, 1927. No. 47]
Financial District
View west across the Embarcadero to Army & Navy YMCA Building, opened in 1926 afor soldiers returning from war. Eagle Shaving Parlor barber, billiard hall, Northern Bakery diner.
Financial District
View to southwest corner and Green's Eye Hospital building at 1801 Bush. Historic Mary Ellen Pleasant eucalyptus trees along Octavia. [#31]
Japantown
View north to line of four Market Street Railway streetcars lined up with Ferry Building behind. 11-line streetcar #794, 14-line streetcar #1561, 28-line streetcar #740, and 35-line streetcar #854. Muni starter tower in background.
Financial District
Squadron of airplanes passing by south tower.
View through windshield of automobile north to towers. One other automobile on roadway.
Presidio
Northeast corner of Page and Laguna; Charles and Ida Deitle House, SF Landmark 48. Designed by architect Henry Geilfuss in 1888, this house replaced an 1878 house on the site. (That house was moved to 527-529 Oak Street, where it still stands today.)(WMK) [294 Page; Geilfuss]
Lower Haight
Water fountain in front of Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park designed by Melvin Earl Cummings and formally accepted by the Park Commission in June 1904.
Golden Gate Park
View west across Van Ness to Commerce High School (SFLandmark 140). Municipal Railway H-line streetcar #113 with wings livery and Red Cross flags. War Memorial Opera House at far right.
Civic Center
View south from Lands End toward Sutro Baths and second Cliff House, low angle (part of panorama) [part 1 SF2-44] (GGNRA/Wulzen GOGA 18480)
Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley