Contains 139 photos
View north across square from Geary to Temple Emanu-El and National Guard Armory (dedicated on March 6, 1864). Sarsaparilla drink ad on bottom of picket fence. Left half of stereoview. Notably, Trinity Episcopal Church (Cornerstone laid late 1866, dedicated September 22, 1867) built on Post Street to the left of the Armory, has not been built.
Downtown / Union Square
View southwest to Russian Hill and Washington Square. Ss. Peter & Paul Roman Catholic Church at right, Palace Theatre to its left.
View northeast to Telegraph Hill and North Beach from Russian Hill. Washington Square, Ss. Peter & Paul Roman Catholic Church at left. Coit Tower and Garfield Elementary School upper left. Green Street at lower right. Yerba Buena Island in distance.
Russian Hill
View west on Washington between Buchanan and Laguna. Muni Washington & Jackson Cable Car #521 with ad for Omar Khayyam's at O'Farrell and Powell. Alta Plaza in background.
Pacific Heights
Elevated view north across Union Square from Geary. Volunteer Firemen posing in Union Square, Small portion of Trinity Episcopal Church, National Guard Armory, Temple Emanu-El, Pacific Business College, Walkerley Building (1886) on corner of Post and Stockton. Fire engine with "EXEMPT" in large letters at right. Plank sidewalk on Geary.
Downtown / Union Square
View north on Battery Street to Postal Telegraph Building (Completed October, 1908, Lewis Hobart architect), Donahue Mechanics Monument with surrounding fountain pool (later removed) in foreground. U.T. Hungerford Brass and Copper. Horses drink at trough installed by San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at right. [BU-42] [G810 BU-042] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Financial District
[TEH381, FD-12, Monumental Engine House 1856, on the Plaza] West side of Portsmouth Square.(Published in 1856, G.R. Fardon's San Francisco Album). (G810 FD-012) (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Chinatown
View east over North Beach to Telegraph Hill with Layman's Castle atop. Original Ss. Peter & Paul Church at Filbert and Grant, St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church to left of Washington Square at Stockton and Filbert, J. L. Williams & Co. Grocers at right of Square. Same image as Taber's "9030 Panorama of San Francisco from Russian Hill, showing Goat Island and Bay." wnp37.03807, with different cropping. See wnp 37.03797-37.03799. [G810 NB-027] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) [TEH433 Telegraph Hill July 1891 NB-27] (T.E. Hecht copy)
Russian Hill
Elevated view over Portsmouth Square to east side Kearny Street. Stage office, cabs, Young's store on Clay Street, ships in distance.(Clay and Kearny Streets, Portsmouth Square in foreground. Plaza Intelligence Office, Young's Wholesale & Retail. ) Same photo as wnp37.02117. [Former Post Office, The Rally of the 'Law & Order Party. Fardon photo 1856. PB-24 TEH405] [G810 PB-024] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Chinatown
Buildings facing square on west side. Dr. Whitney Medical & Surgical Dispensary, Monumental Firehouse, Frank's Building, West End Hotel. (Same image as wnp24.0025a) [TEH179, PS-9, Portsmouth Square 1865] [G810 PS-009] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Chinatown
View west to monument to Robert Louis Stevenson at center of square, designed by Bruce Porter, sculpture by George Piper, dedicated October 17, 1897. Background, from left, Thomas Y. Kim Dentist, New York Dental Parlor, California Chinese Mission of the American Missionary Association building, Exempt Fire Company building. [G810 PS-015] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Chinatown
View north from rooftop past Portsmouth Square to Telegraph Hill. Daguerrean Gallery of J. M Ford. Carriages and cabs for hire parked on street. Boot and shoe store on corner of Washington. [TEH746 Kearny St. North from Sacramento St 1861. SS-43] [G810 SS-043] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Chinatown
[Union Square 1896 US-6] View southeast across Union Square. People walking, Call building in background, Lengfeld's Pharmacy, Spring Valley Water Co., City of Paris Building (1897) at center. Note: date written on photo is erroneous; Call Building built in 1898. [G810 US-006] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
View west from near Stockton Street to St. Francis Hotel. Dewey Monument. Elkan Gunst Building behind flagpole on Geary-Powell corner.
Downtown / Union Square
View south. Pan American (Pan Am) World Airways, Wooster optician, Qantas billboard with electric clock. City of Paris department store, I. Magnin department store. Men on benches.
Downtown / Union Square