Contains 161 photos
View north toward Alcatraz and Angel Island from Coit Tower. Piers 43 (railroad ferry arch), 41, 39, and 37 at center. At lower right 290 Lombard, Art Moderne apartment building, Architect: H.C. Baumann, built 1940.
Telegraph Hill
Downtown and SF Bay. Ferry Building and ferryboats in Bay. Probably taken from Mark Hopkins Hotel. Shell Building in center background, completed 1929, still under construction.
Nob Hill
[San Francisco in 1855, T.E. Hecht] Portion of Panorama view from near present Ina Coolbrith Park. View 2 of 4 part panorama. Telegraph Hill, Yerba Buena Island at left. Miner's Exchange Bank Building (Built 1854 at Montgomery and Jackson) in far right distance with white cupola on top. Behind it, Old Post Office and Custom House. At center, Metropolitan Hotel Stable and Temple Sherith Israel (Later congregation Shaari Zedek, built 1854 on Stockton between Broadway and Vallejo). Before Broadway Cut was made through Telegraph Hill. Right side of two-part panorama found at wnp26.2054.
Russian Hill
[San Francisco in 1855, T.E. Hecht] Panorama view from near present Ina Coolbrith Park. View 3 of 4 part panorama, see wnp26.2053. Broadway at bottom left, East Bay Hills, U.S. Marine Hospital, Rincon Hill in distance center. in right distance, Old St. Mary's Cathedral, Powell Street churches.
Russian Hill
View north to North Beach, Meiggs' Wharf, Alcatraz, Angel Island, Joshua Hendy Machine Works at right. [Bird's-Eye Views of San Francisco--No. 10. North Point and Sea Wall from Telegraph Hill. New Series Plate 105, With S.F. News Letter Aug 1 1891, The Joshua Hendy Machine Works Britton & Rey Arto. (Artotype)]
Telegraph Hill
Parking lot at Pioneer Park. Taken from steps to Coit Tower. Embarcadero piers, SF Bay, Alcatraz, Angel Island, and Marin County in background. At left, gas holding tank (gasometer) at foot of Powell St. At far right, 290 Lombard, Art Moderne apartment building, Architect: H.C. Baumann, built 1940.
Telegraph Hill
View southeast over cargo ships tied up along Embarcadero towards Yerba Buena Island and Bay Bridge.
Telegraph Hill
View of Golden Gate straits, looking west from boat on SF Bay near North Point. Square-rigged sailing ship, Fort Mason piers, and SFFD pumping station at far left.
Military transports tied up at Port of Embarkation at lower Fort Mason. Pier 3 in foreground. Front of pier painted in Korean War motif.
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
View northeast from the roof of the Fairmont Hotel. (Fairmont Tower now obscures this view) Hall of Justice and adjoining County Jail on Portsmouth Square and Sentinel Building at center, Appraisers Building behind. Treasure Island in early stages of construction in the background. Yerba Buena Island, Bay Bridge, East Bay Hills.
Nob Hill
Elevated view north from Pier 46 towards Pier 44 near Berry Street. Ferry Building , U.S. Marine Hospital, Sherman Clay Warehouse in the distance at left. First two piers (Piers 44 and 42) no longer exist, now this is South Beach Harbor. Yerba Buena Island at right.
South Beach