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Man smiling broadly and woman with veil posing on the upper deck of a passenger ship tied up alongside a pier shed. Small lifesaving cannon called 'Lyle Gun' at right.
Ship
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Man and woman sitting on the upper deck of a passenger ship tied up alongside a pier shed. Small lifesaving cannon called Lyle Gun at right.
SF Bay
Passenger liner SS Yale or SS Harvard passing Yerba Buena Island while making smoke. (Both liners were identical.) Large sign on island reading 'Portola Festival'.
SF Bay
Suisun Bay Aerial
Aerial view northerly toward Suisun Bay over Port Chicago. Area now known as Concord Naval Weapons Depot. Roe Island, bay and hills. Reserve fleet ships moored across straits.
Outside SF
SF Bay
A family posing on cruise ship ORIANA approaching the Golden Gate Bridge
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Man and two women standing on the deck of a passenger ship, probably the SS BEAR, since the women also appear in wnp27.7042.
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Three women aboard a ship, looking through a life preserver with legend 'Bear San Francisco.' Taken aboard passenger steamer SS BEAR of the San Francisco and Portland Steamship Co., which provided passenger service along the coast from San Francisco to the Puget Sound ports. Undeveloped shoreline in background.
Embarcadero
Pier 25 at foot of Lombard St. Two women in front of passenger ship SS Northern Pacific of the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Company. Ship provided a passenger and freight link by sea between the Great Northern Railway Lines and Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway terminal at Astoria, Oregon and San Francisco beginning in spring of 1915. Departed regularly from Pier 25.
Northern Waterfront
View N from Russian Hill
Elevated view north from a Russian Hill apartment tower to intersection of Hyde and Bay. Hyde Street Pier and Pier 45 at top center. Alcatraz in background.
Russian Hill
View NE from Hunters Pt.
View from Hunters Point Hill northeast to Yerba Buena Island showing Auto Wreckers and landfill. Construction Lumber Company in foreground, numerous freighters, Bay Bridge in left background. View is roughly from present-day intersection of Westbrook Court and Hudson Avenue, showing foundations of demolished wartime housing buildings. Huntersview on right, homes on left edge of photo are now the site of Youngblood Coleman Playground.
Bayview
View E from Hunters Pt.
View east from Hunters Point Hill showing PG&E power plant and many freighters in bay. View is roughly from present-day intersection of Westbrook Court and Hudson Avenue.
Bayview
View N toward Angel Island
View north past Golden Gateway to Angel Island. Aircraft carrier in bay.
Financial District
Balclutha Sailing Ship
People stand near ticket booth to Balclutha, tied up at Pier 43 at Fisherman's Wharf.
Fishermans Wharf
Pier 39
View south from SF Bay toward original Pier 39. States Marine Lines and two navy ships including USS Dale (CG-19) at center. Can't make out the other ship. A total of 17 Navy ships entered the bay on June 27, 1968 with midshipmen on board for training. Coit Tower at left. Bank of America Building under construction in background.
SF Bay
Golden Gate Bridge
View northwest toward north tower of Golden Gate Bridge and Marin Headlands.