Central SF Aerial
Aerial view east from above Golden Gate Park toward downtown, SF Bay, Oakland, Mount Diablo in the background.
Golden Gate ParkOriginal Print
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Financial District Aerial
Aerial view southeast from above Russian Hill towards Financial District. Bay Bridge and Alameda in the background.Embarcadero Freeway at center.
Nob Hill
Financial District Aerial
Aerial view southeast from above Chinatown towards Financial District. Portsmouth Square and old Hall of Justice at lower left. Bay Bridge and Alameda in the background.Embarcadero Freeway at center.(Cropped version of wnp27.7579)
Chinatown
South of Market Aerial
Aerial view northeast above South of Market toward downtown. New Hall of Justice on Bryant St. at lower right.
South of Market
South of Market Aerial
Aerial view northeast above south of Market toward downtown. (Cropped version of wnp27.7580)
South of Market
Downtown Aerial
Aerial view east toward downtown from above Polk Gulch, Bay Bridge in the background. Indicating date are: United States Appraisers Building (completed 1944) at upper left. Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop (before it was painted red) in front of Ferry Building in left distance. Clunie Building at upper left, with Lincoln National Life ad on west side. Notably absent is the PG&E Building Annex (1947).
Lower Nob Hill
Market & McAllister
Elevated view northwest across Market toward Hotel Shaw on corner of McAllister. Street decorated for Shriner Parade. Methodist Publishing House and Federal Office Building at right.
South of Market
Second Cliff House
View southwest on Point Lobos Avenue (then called Cliff Road) toward 2nd Cliff House. People walking in road to Main Entrance. [Cliff House, Mrs. J. K. Preski 310-30th St. SF]
Sutro Heights
Lands End
View northeast from cliffs between Point Lobos and Lands End towards Helmet Rock. Marin Headlands in distance, Lands End promontory at right.
Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
Lands End
View north from cliffs of Lands End towards Golden Gate and the Marin Headlands. Mile Rocks without lighthouse visible at center left.
Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
Ocean Beach
Ocean Beach Pavilion viewed from Great Highway. Seal Rock Hotel at far left. Numerous horse drawn carriages and crowds of people on highway. Built in 1884, it contained a giant ballroom that could hold 2,000 people at a time. The building had bars, restaurants, and a boxing gym that was once used by the first African-American heavyweight champion, Jack Johnson. After many conversions and remodelings, the Pavilion was demolished in 1972.
Sutro Heights
Marine Exchange Lookout
Marine Exchange Lookout at Point Lobos. View taken from right-of-way for Ferries & Cliff House Railroad, which ran below the structure. Lookout was demolished in March 1927. Site is now the location of the USS San Francisco Memorial.
Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
Baker Beach
Boy and girl (Henry and Elsa Goecker) posing on the rocks at Baker Beach (aka Baker's Beach) at Fort Winfield Scott, Presidio. Marin Headlands visible in the distance.
Presidio
Oakland
Altenheim Building at MacArthur Blvd. and Excelsior Ave. in Oakland. 'Elders home' in German, retirement home to house retirees of Germanic descent. Built 1893-94. Burned down in 1908.
Outside SF
Van Ness & O'Farrell
View northwest across intersection towards St. Mary's Cathedral. Cornerstone 1887, dedicated in 1891, burned down Sept. 7, 1962.
Tenderloin