Market near 4th
Elevated view southwest across Market to parade.Pacific Building, with S. N. Wood & Co, clothing store on corner. Right, the States Restaurant, which changed its name during WWI from The Hof Brau.
Downtown / Union SquarePeople
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Sutter near Grant
View east on Sutter towards W & J Sloane building. Clement streetcar. White House department store (1908, Albert Pissis architect) on Grant corner at right. Nuttall Building on left with Chas. M. Plum & Co. on marquee, later World Affairs Center (1909, Albert Pissis architect).
Downtown / Union Square
19th near Collingwood
Eureka Valley Playground dedication? Crowd of people
Castro
Montgomery & California
Elevated view northwest across intersection to North Beach & Mission horsecar headed for Willows amusement gardens in Mission District. Wells Fargo & Co. bank in Parrott Building, or Parrott Block (1852, Architect Stephen Williams) at center, horses and buggies in background. [170 Wells Fargo & Co.'s Express Office--corner]
Financial District
Market & 3rd
View east through GAR Arch. Nucleus Hotel, Palace Hotel at center[1 GAR Arch, Architects, Wright & Sanders]; Grand Army of the Republic (O.V. Lange architecture publication)
Downtown / Union Square
Family Portrait
Posed outside home. Maybe somewhere in Rincon Hill
Fulton Chutes
'Down the Flume' (aqueduct), 'A Trip Around the World' attraction entry with ticket seller/barker and man posing to buy ticket.
Richmond Inner
Fillmore Chutes
High Diver John A. Mangels, professionally known as John Powers, doing a high dive act at the Fillmore Chutes. After 8 years of performing his act, Mangels was injured on October 3, 1909, the last day of the season. He suffered a broken spine when strong winds blew him into the side of the small dive tank. The 24 year-old Mangels died from the injury at St. Mary's Hospital on October 5, 1909. [JA Mangles (sic) at Chutes SF Sept 1909][A. Lipman SF]
Western Addition
Fillmore Chutes
View northeast from within Chutes grounds after fire of May 29, 1911. Roller Coaster. Policeman and others in burned out site. Pierce Rodolph storage warehouse on Eddy, background left. In right background, Chutes Theatre (later the Lyric and the American). Block bounded by Fillmore, Webster, Eddy and Turk. [A. Lipman 421 Clement SF]
Western Addition
Studio Portrait
Unknown Location, Sailor and woman with SF skyline backdrop, real photo postcard. [Ma, I am now introducing to you Aggie Riley off the USS Lexington (CV-2) c/o Barber Shop. He wants you to write him a real nice letter. George Riley USS Lexington c/o Barber Shop]
Valencia Hotel Collapse
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Valencia Street between 18th and 19th. (a widely reproduced image)
Mission
Taylor near Jefferson
Fisherman's Wharf, View north to Woman and Child looking at crab and lobster. Pier 45 pier shed in background.
Fishermans Wharf
City Hall
Mayor James Rolph and Police Chief Daniel O'Brien in Native American outfits. [City's Chiefs are Real Chiefs Now. Mayor James Rolph and Chief of Police Daniel O'Brien were initiated today, May 29 into the Yakima Indian Tribe. Photo shows l to r, Owl Child, Chief Sluskin, Big Wave (Rolph), Black Eagle (O'Brien), and Listening Coyote]
Civic Center
Geneva & Mission
View east on Geneva from Mission. MSRY 39-line streetcar #735 on the last day of service headed to Bayshore. Crocker-Amazon #1 bus on left was for the 50-Line Geneva. Eastman's Ice Cream, Geneva Grill, Amazon Theatre, real estate office on right. Rail yields to rubber as a sturdy Fageol takes over the Visitacion Valley line from its railbound predecessor. (JT)
Cayuga
Fillmore & Washington
View northwest across intersection to Muni 22-Line #869 with zip stripe livery heading south. Washington-Jackson line Muni cable car #525 with ad for Harry Owens and Hilo Hattie at the St. Francis Hotel, headed east. Railway Express truck parked on corner. Buildings in background still stand 2021.
Pacific Heights