Piers

Contains 153 photos

Alcatraz
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Alcatraz

Elevated view north to Alcatraz Island and bay.

Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
City view
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City view

Flags at half mast for President Roosevelt's death: View northeast from Russ Building(?) to Embarcadero, Treasure Island. Merchants Exchange Building, Assessor's Building, Old Federal Reserve Bank, J. Harold Dollar Building (351 California). Merchants Exchange Building bottom left.

Financial District
View from Telegraph Hill
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View from Telegraph Hill

View southeasterly from Union Street, Telegraph Hill, Piers 19, 17, and 15. Piers 17 and 15 were conjoined in 1956. Bay Bridge and Yerba Buena Island in background.

Telegraph Hill
China Clipper over SF
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China Clipper over SF

Aerial view east toward Boeing model 314 (NC18602) Pan American Airways California Clipper over North Beach, Coit Tower, Telegraph Hill, and Treasure Island. Washington Square and Ss. Peter & Paul Church at lower right.

Russian Hill
View from Coit Tower
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View from Coit Tower

View east to war ships in docks. Treasure Island, Yerba Buena Island.

Telegraph Hill
Skyline from Bay
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Skyline from Bay

Northern waterfront and city skyline viewed from boat in the bay. Ferry Building at left, Telegraph Hill and Coit Tower at right.

Alcatraz
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Alcatraz

View north to Alcatraz from Pier 43 1/2

Chestnut & Embarcadero
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Chestnut & Embarcadero

View south from center of three railroad tracks. Lumber yard. Italian Swiss Colony Wine Building

Northern Waterfront
Bay Bridge
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Bay Bridge

View east to Bay Bridge construction from Rincon Hill, two towers in place. Hills Brothers Coffee Plant (1922-24, George Kelham architect); Joseph Magnin Warehouse, One Harrison (1918, George Applegarth architect).

Rincon Hill
Ferry Building
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Ferry Building

Elevated view northeast to first Ferry Building looking northeast. Cable cars and horse cars, barge, horse drawn wagons. Station D Post Office (opened October, 1884). [FB-6 MB Coll, "Foot Market St. 1884]

Financial District
View from Top of the Mark
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View from Top of the Mark

Looking north towards North Beach, Alcatraz, and Angel Island; roof Fairmont Hotel and Brocklebank Apartments at center.

Nob Hill
San Francisco Bay
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San Francisco Bay

View west from water. Pier 19, National Ice and Cold Storage Buildings at left. [Zan 608 Coit Tower atop Telegraph Hill as seen from San Francisco Bay]

View from Telegraph Hill
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View from Telegraph Hill

[TEH784 Fisherman's Wharf T.E. Hecht] View East from near Telegraph Hill Blvd and Montgomery St toward then Fisherman's Wharf. Union St. Wharf to its right. Yerba Buena Island in the background.

Telegraph Hill
Bay Bridge construction
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Bay Bridge construction

View east from Rincon Hill; Hills Brothers Coffee Plant (1922-24, George Kelham architect), Joseph Magnin Warehouse, One Harrison (1918, George Applegarth architect);; Bay Bridge under construction. Yerba Buena Island in background. Bridge on Harrison over Beale.

Rincon Hill
Bay Bridge construction
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Bay Bridge construction

View east from Rincon Hill; Hills Brothers Coffee Plant (1922-24, George Kelham architect), Joseph Magnin Warehouse (1918, George Applegarth architect); Bay Bridge under construction.

Rincon Hill