View E from 450 Sutter
View looking east from 450 Sutter Street over financial district high-rises to bay. Ferry Building at left, warships at anchor at right. Mt. Diablo in far distance.
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Downtown Aerial
Aerial view southwest over downtown. Ferry Building at bottom, Civic Center at upper left, Financial District high-rises at center, cemeteries, Panhandle and Golden Gate Park at top, Nob Hill hotels and apartment buildings at upper right. Heinz 57 Sign, Mobilgas sign atop Fife Building, pedestrian overpass and vehicle underpass in front of Ferry Building.
Financial District
Mt. Sutro Aerial
Aerial view east toward Golden Gate Heights, Mt. Sutro, and Twin Peaks. Forest Knolls is being cleared and graded and Midtown Terrace is under construction. Downtown and SF Bay in the distance. Laguna Honda Hospital to right of center.
West Portal
Mt. Sutro Aerial
(cropped view of wnp27.7323) Aerial easterly toward Golden Gate Heights, Mt. Sutro, and Twin Peaks. Forest Knolls is being cleared and graded and Midtown Terrace is under construction. Downtown and SF Bay in the distance.
West Portal
SF Bay
View north to US Navy Fleet steaming in formation past north waterfront, viewed from Bay Bridge under construction. [the US Navy steamed through the Golden Gate and anchored in San Francisco Bay for a nine-day stay. ...USS aircraft Carrier Lexington ... dirigible Macon] Cameraman in foreground.
View from Bay Bridge
View northwest from under construction Bay Bridge. [night picture of SF's business district, with Ferry Building at extreme right, shows what the motorist will see from the SF-Oakland Bay Bridge after sunset ... over the $77,000,000 structure which will be opened to traffic on Nov. 12]
City Hall Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeasterly from Larkin & Grove, down City Hall Avenue. Ruins of City Hall at left.
Civic Center
Market & California
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view southwest on Market across California Street at Drumm. Ruins of the Luning Building at right. Call Building at left in the distance.
Financial District
Pine & Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west on Pine from Market and Davis. Board of Trade Building (Union Block) at left. Merchants Exchange (with turret) in the distance.
Financial District
Clay St Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view east on Clay Street towards Ferry Building. Kohl and Merchants Exchange Buildings at right. (Not sure of cross street)
Golden Gate Park
1906 Earthquake and Fire, refugee camp 5 (current Big Rec Ball field)
Golden Gate Park
Leavenworth & Bush
View southwest from rooftop at approximately Leavenworth & Bush to early reconstruction and establishment of retail district on Van Ness Avenue. St. Mary's Cathedral at left center, temporary Emporium at Post and Van Ness at far right. Broken chimney at center is part of ruins of Sutter Street Cable Railway powerhouse at Sutter and Polk. Beyond it and to the right is the Ladies Protection and Relief Society orphanage, on the east side of Franklin, between Geary and Post. In distance Buena Vista Park, Mt. Sutro, San Miguel Hills.
Lower Nob Hill
View E from Twin Peaks
View easterly from Twin Peaks. market Street at right.
Clarendon Heights
View NE from Twin Peaks
View northeast from Twin Peaks. Man standing at lower center.
Midtown Terrace
Union Square
Celebration with crowds of people and Army band in Union Square [King and Queen at Union Square] Probably 1909 Portola Festival. Soldiers are wearing pre-1911 hats.
Downtown / Union Square