Contains 623 photos
View northwest toward Fort Mason, Aquatic Park, Fisherman's Wharf, Hyde St. Pier, Pier 45. railroad yards, Standard oil fuel storage tank facility, gas storage tank (gasometer) at foot of Powell St. (Ansco Color transparency)
Telegraph Hill
Little Puffer miniature steam train at SF Zoo (then Fleishhacker Zoo and Playfield) (Ansco Color transparency)
Lakeshore
Full rigged sailing ship Balclutha tied up at Pier 43 at Fisherman's Wharf. Flatcars from State Belt Railroad in foreground were used when pushing railroad cars onto train ferries loading at Pier 43 (out of view at left).
View southeasterly from the slope of Telegraph Hill. Suspension cables in place. Possibly taken in front of Julius Castle.
Telegraph Hill
Train with passenger cars. Temporary passenger rail service was run from the Hunters Point shipyard to connect with Southern Pacific trains during World War 2. [US Naval Drydocks Hunter's (sic) Point]- Engine 19 - Albumen (yellow)
Hunters Point
View east toward Yerba Buena Island. Pier 21, 23, 25, and 27. Belt Line Railroad Roundhouse at left. Greenwich Street at right foreground.
Telegraph Hill
Presidio. View east along Mason Street of trains with Alcatraz in background - State Belt railroad
Presidio
View southeast from Telegraph Hill toward Ferry Building and Bay Bridge. Piers, Belt Line Railroad National Ice and Cold Storage warehouses.
Telegraph Hill
View northwest to Southern Pacific Passenger Depot.[Southern Pacific Depot, Third & Townsend Sts., San Francisco Zan 1064]
South Beach
View east on unpaved and steep Union Street toward Calhoun Terrace. Children watch as Rickenbacker automobile 'Rickenbacker 4 Wheel Brakes' on tire cover demonstrates the effectiveness of its brakes. Embarcadero Piers and Yerba Buena Island in background
Telegraph Hill
View Southeast from about the current Almonte neighborhood of Mill Valley toward Harbor Point, Richardson Bay, Belvedere, and Tiburon. Angel Island in the background. [Cheney B-90]
Outside SF
View north on Mission Road, Colma at the Southern Pacific overcrossing. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 14-line streetcar #941 passing sign for Capitol Nursery [0941-14-01 NB on Mission at F SP Crossing 29 May 1943]
Outside SF
View south on Embarcadero in front of the Ferry Building. State Belt Railroad locomotive belching smoke, Muni E-line streetcar Market Street Railway 16-line streetcar #944, and a row of taxis. Pedestrian overcrossing in background. (superior version of wnp4.1374)[0949-16A-01 NB at North Ferry Terminal 1939]
Financial District
Telephoto view from the San Francisco Art Institute at Jones and Francisco. Cost Plus, Cruise ships docked (Pacific & Orient Lines SS Canberra and Pacific & Orient SS Oriana), old Pier 39, and Treasure Island in distance.
Russian Hill
View east on Townsend from Southern Pacific Passenger Depot at right. Muni 20-Line #718?. Shipyard crane visible in far distance. Army jeep and soldier to left. At far left, U.S. Post Office with flag atop. California Wine Association Building 180 Townsend in center distance. Most buildings on north side of Townsend still stand 2021.
South of Market