Contains 139 photos
View southwest over North Beach. Union Street at left, Washington Square and flagpole at center. Major grading and landscaping of Washington Square was completed in April, 1869. Omnibus Railroad horsecar at northwest corner of Square on Powell St. Same image as wnp37.00707-R. (Panorama of San Francisco from Telegraph Hill (No. 19) 1356)[F810 NB-014] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) [NB-14 Washington Square 1867]
Telegraph Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east past relief office. Whittell Building, City of Paris, Butler Building on right. Chronicle Annex, Mutual Savings Bank and Call Buildings in background. [4254 Union Square Aug 1906] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)
Downtown / Union Square
View northeast past Huntington Park, Grace Cathedral, and apartment towers to Golden Gate Bridge in distance. In center distance, Chambord Apartments, Clay-Jones Apartments (1930, architect Albert Larsen) with radio tower on roof, Crest Royal Apartments 1310 Jones built 1955, 10-story 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect, 1928). [San Francisco Jan. 57. Huntington Park, Presidio, Golden Gate]
Nob Hill
View southeast across California Street to California St. Cable Car #8 heading uphill. St. Mary's Square Park and Parking Garage at right. Clunie Building with Bank of America ad on west side at left.
Chinatown
Elevated panoramic view north over Union Square from Geary. St. Francis Hotel at left, with land cleared along Post Street for construction of 1913 wing.
Downtown / Union Square
[SF '58] North Beach. View east on Filbert St. towards Telegraph Hill, Washington Square. Ss. Peter & Paul Roman Catholic Church at left.
Russian Hill
View southeast across California Street through doorway of Old St. Mary's cathedral to St. Mary's Square. Crown Hotel in background. [Old St. Mary's. 1927 Moulin #5089] [view to Portsmouth Square(sic)]
Chinatown
View northeast to Washington Square at right center. St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church to left of Washington Square at Stockton and Filbert. Original Ss. Peter & Paul church at Filbert and Grant. Presentation Convent Roman Catholic school complex at center left, on west side of Powell. Layman's Castle atop Telegraph Hill. J. L. Williams & Co. Grocers to right of Square. [Telegraph Hill, North Beach and Bay of SF from Russian Hill B2902 Taber]
Russian Hill
View west from center of Geary toward Powell, Excursion streetcar #1040 on B-line. The last streetcar of its type built, still in service in 2019. Hotel Stewart, St. Francis Hotel, Elkan Gunst Building (with Air France sign) in background. George S. May Co., Western Air Lines at left. Union Square at right. Birdcage traffic signals.
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view southeast across Union Square. No fence around square, Lengfeld's Pharmacy, Chronicle Building, Hearst Examiner Building (1897), Call Building (1898) in background. Spring Valley Water Co., City of Paris Building (1897) at right. [F810 US-005] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) [8717 Union Square from Post St Looking East 1896 (Sic)]
Downtown / Union Square
View northwest from Geary & Stockton. Many people strolling, American flags waving from buildings, large tent set up in square. Walkerley Building at right (1886, Union Club, Pacific-Union Club). [F810 US-007] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
View southwest to Pacific Heights. Old St. Brigid Catholic Church up on hill side at Broadway and Van Ness. Corner estate with gardens in foreground belonged to E. Willard Burr, house at right to his son C.C. Burr. Burr's property was fenced along Laguna Survey lines, which were roughly diagonal to the main street grid. Rails on roadway for Sutter Street Railroad horsecar line to Harbor View, abandoned in 1873 in favor of a more direct route. Van Ness Avenue was extended through the property in 1894. Lafayette Park in background right. Same image as wnp4.1431. [Looking SW from Greenwich & Polk Sts.(Sic)] [TEH#453] [F810 V-039] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Russian Hill
View southwest from Telegraph Hill across Washington Square (with landscaping completed April, 1869) towards Russian Hill. Columbus Avenue not yet cut through. Filbert St at lower right. Same image as wnp24.184a. [F810 V-095] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) [Russian Hill from Telegraph Hill]
Telegraph Hill
View northwest from Huntington Hotel at California and Taylor toward Russian Hill and the Golden Gate. Unfinished Grace Cathedral at center, Huntington Park at right. Clay-Jones Apartments (1930, architect Albert Larsen) with radio tower on roof in distance. Crest Royal Apartments 1310 Jones built 1955, 10-story 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect) opened 1928. On northeast corner of Sacramento and Taylor at far right, 11-story building at 1190 Sacramento St. completed in 1958, under construction here.
Nob Hill
View northeast toward Telegraph Hill, (with German Castle aka Laymen's Folly, Telegraph Hill observatory), Washington Square at center. St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church to left of Washington Square at Stockton and Filbert. Original Ss. Peter & Paul church at Filbert and Grant. Stulz Bros. grocers, Union and Columbus (then Montgomery Ave.).[0603 Telegraph Hill from Russian Hill, San Francisco, U.S.A. Copyright 1908 by J.J. Killelea & Co.]
Russian Hill