Postcard

Contains 641 photos

Eddy near Gough
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Eddy near Gough

Imperial Hotel Apartments, 951 Eddy, south side of Eddy between Gough and Franklin. The building still stands in 2020. St. Paulus Church in the background.(St. Paulus burned in 1995.) [real photo postcard - azo]

Cathedral Hill
Market &10th
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Market &10th

[This is where I am staying. Ella. Grand Central Hotel, with XX drawn in room window] View northwest across intersection to Grand Central Hotel, earthquake shacks down Polk St. Pedestrians and wagons.

Civic Center
Powell & Ellis
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Powell & Ellis

Elevated view northeast across intersection to Golden West Hotel (now Union Square Hotel, 2020) also known as the Pabst Building. Built 1908. Powell Street cable cars at the corner. [Golden West Hotel - cor. Powell and Ellis Sts. F.P. Plagemann, Proprietor]

Downtown / Union Square
Market & New Montgomery
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Market & New Montgomery

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest across Market toward the Palace Hotel burning. Grand Hotel at left. Same original image in wnp37.01186. [E.F. Ford Palace Hotel copyright 1906]

Financial District
6th near Mission
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6th near Mission

West side on 6th Street between Mission and Howard. [Hotel Henry 106 Sixth Street - Centrally Located Strictly Modern]

South of Market
Turk near Gough
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Turk near Gough

View east on Turk toward Gough, Hotel Jefferson (across from Jefferson Square) [Hotel Jefferson in the heart of SF - Turk and Gough - Stewart Barker Co.](rppc sailboat)

Cathedral Hill
Lombard & Broderick
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Lombard & Broderick

Marina Motel 2576 Lombard between Broderick and Divisadero, built 1940 [On U.S. Highway No.101 at Entrance to Golden Gate Bridge]

Marina
Lick House
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Lick House

Lick House on Montgomery Street between Post and Sutter Sts. [Decorations in honor of arrival of General U.S. Grant Zan 1240] Grant visited San Francisco in September 1879 as part of his round-the-world tour.

Downtown / Union Square
Santa Rosa
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Santa Rosa

Occidental Hotel, northeast corner of 4th and B Street, Santa Rosa. Entrance shown at 309 B Street. (site of Santa Rosa Plaza, 2020) This building opened 1907 and was demolished 1975. The Ladies Arcade next door. (original of wnp37.02745)

Outside SF
Union Square
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Union Square

[Hotel Plaza, facing Union Square, San Francisco Zan 2511] Northwest corner of Stockton and Post. 450 Sutter Medical Building in background.

Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
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Union Square

Elevated view looking northwest across Union Square. 1913 addition to St. Francis Hotel is partially complete. Reviewing stands along Post Street for the Portola Festival (Oct 22-25) which also commemorated Balboa's 'discovery' of the Pacific Ocean. Large replica of Balboa's ship on on display in the square. Nob Hill in the background.

Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
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Union Square

View southwest across Union Square towards a large replica of Balboa's ship on display. Union Square decorated for the Portola Festival Oct. 22 - 25. In 1913 the Portola Festival theme centered more on images from 1513, when Balboa 'discovered' the Pacific Ocean. St. Francis Hotel decorated with bunting and American flags at right, Elkan Gunst Building at left.

Downtown / Union Square
Hotel Stewart
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Hotel Stewart

View south across Geary to Hotel Stewart at 353 Geary Street between Powell and Mason Streets (1907). Now the Handlery Union Square Hotel. The building has since had an addition on the west side.

Downtown / Union Square
Sea Captain's Motel
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Sea Captain's Motel

Motel at 2322 Lombard Street near Pierce. [Capt. C. Jokstad Sea Captain's Motel On U.S. 101 Near Golden Gate Bridge 7 minutes to Union Square]

Marina
Hotel Tallac
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Hotel Tallac

Interior view of front desk and lobby of Hotel Tallac, Ellis St. between Powell and Cyril Magnin St. [140 Ellis Street Best 1.00 a day Rooms in S.F. / J.H. Shaw, Manager E. A. Petrie, Chief Clerk]

Downtown / Union Square