People

Contains 12978 photos

wnp27.7727

O'Farrell near Market

1906 Earthquake and Fire, view east on O'Farrell between Market and Stockton. Crowds assembled on O'Farrell Street watching Call/Spreckels Tower on fire. To its right are the Call Annex and Kamm Buildings. The three-story building on the left is the first Cafe Odeon, 8 O'Farrell St., German Restaurant. It moved to the gore corner of Eddy and Market after the earthquake and fire. The Savings Union Bank was built on the site after the earthquake and fire. The Bancroft History Building can be seen on Market with the damaged Pianos sign of F.W. Spencer. Louvre Restaurant marquee at far right. [No.16R Call Building burning from O'Farrell Street](Same image as wnp37.01187 with handwritten caption.)

1906 Downtown / Union Square

wnp27.7729

Market near Montgomery

Elevated view southwest from center of Market toward Montgomery and New Montgomery. Grand Hotel (with Hall's Safe & Lock Works 609-611 Market and Southern Pacific and Central Pacific Freight and Ticket Office 613 Market) and Palace Hotel at left, Crocker Building at right, Call Building and Chronicle Building in the distance. Castro Street cable car #102 at center. [No. 680 Market St. from Montgomery St. west]

1900 Financial District

wnp27.7732

California & Sansome

View west on California from across Sansome. Left side Fireman's Fund, Insurance Exchange Building, Merchants Exchange Building, Clunie Building. On right, Bank of California, two California Street cable cars #23 at center. Dash signs read 'Exposition via Hyde and Union'

1915 Financial District

wnp27.7733

Post near Stockton

View east on Post toward Stockton, Adlai Stevenson campaign parade passing Hotel Plaza at Union Square.

1952 Downtown / Union Square

wnp27.7735

Lands End

[Rocks and Golden Gate At Lands End, San Francisco, Cal. Arto Pho LHS 57] Man, woman, and dog on rock at Lands End Beach. Marin Headlands in background.

1910 Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley

wnp27.7736

Lands End Station

Group of sightseers posed at Lands End Station on the Cliff Line. [Seeing SF on the United Railroads Observation Car. Lands End near the Gate. The old man is there. Can you find him?] (postmark Feb 12, 1906)

1906 Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley

wnp27.7739

Market & Geary

Elevated view southeast on Market from the intersection of Kearny and Geary. Lotta's Fountain in foreground. Chronicle Building with clock above entrance, Palace Hotel (with Schwabacher Co. in corner retail space), Metropolis Bank Building with United Bank sign atop, Santa Fe building/West Coast Life Insurance, Balboa Building, Underwood Building, PG&E, Matson Lines and Ferry Buildings in distance. [South side of Market showing Palace Hotel 68]

1928 Downtown / Union Square

wnp27.7747

Sweeny Observatory

Family posed in front of Sweeny Observatory, Golden Gate Park, The observatory was a gift to the park from Thomas U. Sweeney (Sweeney's name was misspelled on the observatory.)

1895 Golden Gate Park

wnp27.7749

First Cliff House

VIew north from Ocean Beach toward Seal Rocks and 1st Cliff House. Cliff Road (today's Point Lobos Ave) at right.

1885 Sutro Heights

wnp27.7757

Union Square

Elevated wideangle view southeast from Post and Powell across Union Square. Powell Street cable car #518 at right.[11416]

1952 Downtown / Union Square

wnp27.7766

St. Mary's Square

View north in St. Mary's Square toward Old St. Mary's Church. Ceremony for Sun Yat Sen's birthday. [In a ceremony at the foot of the statue of Sun Yat Sen members of San Francisco's Chinese colony bow in honor of his birthday. Among those attending the ceremony was Tse Kiong Sun, grandson of Sun Yat Sen.]

1943 Chinatown

wnp27.7767

22nd & Valencia

View north across intersection of 22nd and Valencia. Municipal Railway (Muni) 11-Line streetcar #432 (Former MSRy #132 re-numbered #432 in order to avoid confusion with MUNI unit #132) passing Gothic Revival building built 1927 on northeast corner at 3296 22nd Street. Mitch's Drive-In in background right. Birdcage traffic signal.

1947 Mission

wnp27.7768

California & Market

View southwest from California and Market. California Street cable car #14 at terminal. Advertisement for Pope & Talbot centennial on top of cable car. Matson Building, PG&E Building, Fife Building in background.

1949 Financial District

wnp27.7769

California near Hyde

View northeast across California between Hyde and Leavenworth. California Street cable car in background. Enterprise Garage at 1350 California at left demolished.

1949 Nob Hill

wnp27.7772

Jefferson Square

Young woman with oversized coat posing in Jefferson Square. [1924 sf] Auto repair shop on Gough Street in background 'Morris...' (See also wnp27.7610)

1924 Cathedral Hill