Contains 12978 photos
Three men with bicycles in front of stable sheds across from Cliff House. Bicycles appear to all be c1890 Coventry Machinists' 'Swift' hard-tire safety bikes from England. By 1893 almost all brands were sporting Dunlop's revolutionary pneumatic tires. (Same photo as wnp70.0183.jpg in paper frame)
Sutro Heights
[B 5404 An Alley in Chinatown] Men and children posing on steps
Chinatown
Elevated view southeast across Market to troops in parade (led by mounted band) for President McKinley's visit. Palace Hotel, Examiner Building, Call Building, Call Building Annex, Bancroft History Building, Midway Plaisance theater in background Crowds of onlookers.
Downtown / Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north on 3rd. Aronson Building at left, Call Building and Mutual Savings Bank with New York Insurance Live Insurance Co. banner, all burned out. Monadnock Building and Chronicle Annex at right. [3rd St. 8]
South of Market
Elevated view southeast across Market to Knights Templar 52nd Grand Conclave parade, marching band uniformed men on horseback followed by cars and more marchers. In distance Call, Humboldt Bank, David Hewes and Delger Buildings, Emporium, Hale Bros. and Eastern Outfitting Co. stores. Sterling Building, 1049 Market (1907, Reid Brothers, architects), Forrest Building, 1053-1055 Market (1908, MacDonald & Applegarth, destroyed by fire c. 1981) housing Abrams Co. (later Redlick, Abrams Co.) credit retailer. Ede Building 1059-1061 Market Street (1910, William Knowles, architect) under construction. At far right, Premium Theatre, a nickelodeon from around 1910 to 1914 in the Globe Investment Company Building, 1063 Market (1909, Faff & Bauer, architects), Pacific Check Cash Co.
Tenderloin
Unknown men handing out books to children. 1926 Dealer license plate on car. (possibly a car ad.)
Chinese Fishing Village, Monterey Three men pose outside of shanty houses.
Outside SF
People and carriage on the unpaved Cliff Road leading up to the first Cliff House.
Sutro Heights
Narrow gauge locomotive #8 of Ferries & Cliff House Railroad, alongside roundhouse on California St between Locust and Laurel. [1905 CH-25 Behrman] (Also called the Cliff Line train. It was converted to electric streetcar operations in 1905.)
Presidio Heights
The storefront of Neustadter Brothers, men's furnishings, at 133-135 Sansome Street. It was in Fair's Building, built in 1881-1882. (WMK)
Financial District
Tour Coach in front of Old Garages at Point Lobos Ave.
Sutro Heights
Tour Coach in front of Old Garages at Point Lobos Ave.
Sutro Heights
View northwest to south facade of third Cliff House. Dirty drapes, forlorn looking, just prior to remodeling by Whitneys. Observatory visible at far left. Cliff House Coffee Shop on lower level. (Also SFPL photo AAC-0184) (Print is dated 1937-01-02 but likely taken in 1936 prior to purchase and renovations but Whitney Bros.)
Sutro Heights
View southerly from Ocean Beach toward Olympic Saltwater Company Pier (Lurline Pier), people on the beach and walking on the pier.
Richmond Outer
View North toward Lone Mountain, Market St. Cable Railway Co. cable car #12 on Haight Street line. [349 Cable Car]
Haight Ashbury