Contains 7862 photos
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view southeast from Powell. Telegraph Hill in background. Ruins of streetcar left on road [Kearny - Mission car #1133 burned on Powell St. Friday, Apr. 20, 1906 at 4:00 pm] [Lorin Silleman]
Fishermans Wharf
View northeast across intersection to Anglo California Bank, Northeast Corner of Pine & Sansome [Anglo California Bank Pine & Sansome. Pacific Bank at left (circa 1890's)]
Financial District
View south on Jones between California and Pine. Jones Street cable car approaching curve onto Pine Street.The Colonial, five-story building on southeast corner.
Nob Hill
View east on Market toward Third, Hearst Building at right. Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Arch illuminated at night.[Henry Photo 116 Stockton Street S. F.
Downtown / Union Square
View east on Market. Crowds of people watching military parade. Possibly return of California volunteers after Spanish American War.
Financial District
Triumph of Light Statue on the summit of Mt. Olympus. Plaque reads "Erected by Adolph Sutro 1887" (Dedicated on Thanksgiving Day). View west across undeveloped Cole Valley. Golden Gate Park and Strawberry Hill in right background.
Buena Vista
View north on Ocean Beach near Kelly's Cove toward Seal Rocks, first Cliff House, and Sutro Heights. Marin Headlands and Mt. Tamalpais in background.
Richmond Outer
View north on First Street across Mission. Shell Building at center. Municipal Railway (Muni) N-Line streetcar #86. Crowds of pedestrians. The Commuter Restaurant at northwest corner. J.R. Rosenthal & Co., Western Neckwear Co.
South of Market
Elevated view southeast across Market toward Third. Hearst and Call Buildings at right. Fire Department demonstration of high pressure salt water system shooting columns of water 200 feet in the air.
Downtown / Union Square
SS Ohioan aground at Point Lobos, just north of Sutro Baths. Ship ran aground on October 7, 1936. Wave catch basin for Sutro Baths at bottom.
Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
Elevated view north on Polk toward McAllister. Shriners parade down Polk Street in front of City Hall. Crowds of people and temporary grandstands on both sides of street.
Civic Center
View north on Pennsylvania. Gas tank next to three houses that still stand.Circles indicate workmen on the tank. [ World's largest natural gas holder recently completed. Holds 17,000,000 cubic feet of gas. 300 foot diameter and 379 feet high.]
Potrero Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire. View east from Union Square toward Whittell Building structure. Call Building in background, Spring Valley Water Co., City of Paris Building at right. Cyanotype printed on fabric.
Downtown / Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire. View northeast over rubble toward ruins of Flood Mansion and Fairmont Hotel. Cyanotype printed on fabric.
Nob Hill
View southwest at 16th and Dolores toward Mission Dolores Church before facade decoration was installed (church later designated Basilica) on postcard. [Old and new Mission Dolores].
Mission Dolores