Presidio Main Post
Troops drilling on Main Parade Ground. Residences, flagpole and old barracks on present day Graham St. [7577 Drill Hour, the Presidio, San Francisco, Cal.]
PresidioMilitary
Contains 459 photos
Presidio
Main Parade Ground. Corner of Sheridan Ave. and Graham St. Flagpole, sentry box, ornamental cannonballs. [7580 Head Quarters and Library, the Presidio]
Presidio
View from Russian Hill
View West from Russian Hill around Lombard and Larkin. Cow Hollow, Golden Gate and Presidio. Intersection of Lombard and Larkin at right.
Russian Hill
Presidio
View north over battle towards Alcatraz and Angel Island. A mock military battle staged on July 3rd, 1876, in honor of the US Centennial anniversary. Cropped from image in Watkins Boudoir Card B3588. Boats in water, people on grass. Ships at anchor in the Bay.
Presidio
Presidio Ave near Pacific
View northwest to woman and children at gateway of today's Presidio Avenue. Lover's Lane, Main Post and Marin Headlands in distance. Watkins ID based on wnp37.04039.
Presidio Heights
Angel Island
Point Stuart Battery, Army officer holding parasol with two women and a dog. Three 32-pounder cannon on wooden carriages, which appear deteriorated. These guns were installed during the Civil War and decommissioned in the 1870's. (One source attributes this photo to Carleton Watkins.)
Outside SF
Presidio
View northwest to Golden Gate, Main Post, newly planted trees. At bottom right, salute battery, used for firing salutes.
Presidio
Presidio
View northwest over future Crissy Field site, looking to Marin Headlands. Duplicate of wnp26.628. Life Saving Service boat house at right.
Presidio
View NW from Mt. Sutro
View towards Midwinter Fair in Golden Gate Park. Marin Headlands and Mt. Tamalpais in distance.
Golden Gate Park
Unknown Location
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Fairmont Earthquake Collection. Cannon to left of tree, between tents in public park. Bread line with soldier with rifle over shoulder. [SC11]
Russian Hill Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to mounted soldier on Van Ness near Green, ruins beyond. Fairmont Earthquake Collection [SC11 F3262]
Pacific Heights
View SE from Fort Mason
View southeast towards Pioneer Woolen Mills and Russian Hill, from pier at tip of Black Point (today's Fort Mason) Pumping station with twin stacks for reservoirs on Russian Hill. Water flume from Lobos Creek at right. (Future site of Aquatic Park.) [SC36]
Lombard & Polk
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Panorama of Cow Hollow District and refugee camps. View northwest from Russian Hill above Polk showing Fort Mason at center, Fontana Warehouse on right, bay and Marin Hills in distance. Part 2. Part 1 is wnp33.01005. [Clayton St Family Collection].
Russian Hill
Market & Montgomery
View southeast from intersection to pedestrians, including two sailors, crossing Montgomery at Market, 2nd and Market in background. Birdcage traffic signal.
Downtown / Union Square
Planes over Bernal Hts
View northwest to 12 Navy biplanes (Grumman F3F fighters from 6F squadron attached to USS Enterprise) flying south over Bernal Heights at right (with Bernal Heights Boulevard constructed on hilltop), Noe Valley, and undeveloped Diamond Heights, Twin Peaks and Mt. Sutro behind. At bottom, St. Mary's Park, St. Mary's Park playground (later St. Mary's Park Recreation Center), Holly Park and Holly Park (College Hill) Reservoir with Junipero Serra Elementary School and Fairmount School behind. Probably from visit of aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) to Golden Gate International Exposition in July, 1939.
Bernal Heights