Fisherman's Wharf
View west past lumber schooner and smoking tugboat to Ft. Mason, Fort Point, Golden Gate and Pt. Bonita in background
Ships
Contains 161 photos
Powell near Sacramento
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to St. Francis of Assisi church, North Beach and Telegraph Hill. After 1906 fire
North Beach
View from Telegraph Hill
View looking East over Embarcadero towards Yerba Buena Island.
Telegraph Hill
View from Nob Hill
View northeast from Sir Francis Drake Hotel. Downtown View: Louis Lurie's Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, completed 1930, demolished 1969), Commercial Union Assurance Bldg. (315 Montgomery), Russ Building, Mills Building with Mills Tower (1931), Shell Building, Yerba Buena Island. Two Pacific Telephone Buildings at right (on Bush, near Kearny). At far left, Hall of Justice and County Jail on Portsmouth Square, corner of Metropolitan Life Insurance Building.
Nob Hill
View SE from Telegraph Hill
View southeast towards Ferry Building, Bay Bridge under construction (single tower). In foreground, older historic houses (which mostly still stand in 2025) on Telegraph Hill along Montgomery Street around Union and Alta Streets. Beyond, Albers Bros. Milling Co., Planter's Peanut factory, Wellman Coffee building with large electric sign atop, Ferry Station Post Office. In background, many ships in bay, Southern Pacific Building (later One Market), Fife Building, Matson Building.
Telegraph Hill
View from Top of the Mark
View northwest towards Golden Gate Bridge, Palace of Fine Arts, Marin Headlands, Mt. Tamalpais. Tall buildings at center are Clay-Jones Apartments with radio transmission tower atop (1930, architect Albert Larsen), 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect) opened 1928.
Nob Hill
NE from Merchant Exchange
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Looking northeast. Earthquake Ruins, Telegraph Hill, Appraisers Building, Washington and Sansome at center, Ruins of Cowell Building at Sansome & Commercial, temporary rails on Battery Street
Financial District
NE from Merchant Exchange
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast. Earthquake Ruins, Yerba Buena Island and Ferry Building with scaffolding at center
Financial District
SE from Merchant Exchange
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast. Earthquake Ruins, View South, Mechanics monument and 1st Street at left
Financial District
N from Merchants Exchange
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Ruins, View North toward Telegraph Hill, Appraisers Building and Ruins of Cowell Building at right
Financial District
Leavenworth & McAllister
Elevated view east from Empire Hotel to downtown, Yerba Buena Island and beyond. From left, Russ Building, Hunter-Dulin and Standard Oil Buildings, Chronicle Annex and Hobard Building, Call Building, Humboldt Bank Building with Bank of America Sign, Bank of America Headquarters (later One Powell), Flood Building, Emporium, Pacific Telephone Building. Top of Golden Gate Theater at lower right. [Skyline San Francisco]
Civic Center
Pier 70 Aerial View
[854] View east over Bethlehem Steel. At center far right, intersection of 20th and Illinois Sts. Some of this area later repurposed as Crane Cove Park. 3rd Street at bottom.
Dogpatch
Beale & Harrison
View northeast over Beale St. bridge viaduct at Harrison, under construction, to former U.S. Marine Hospital / Sailor's Home. Santa Fe Warehouse in distance left. (Spear and Harrison) in background. [dpwbook4 dpw624]
Rincon Hill
Larkin near Francisco
Looking north on Larkin from Francisco St. Ghirardelli factory, Alcatraz, Francisco Street Reservoir to right. [dpwbook14 dpw2839]
Russian Hill
1st near Harrison
View southeast on Rincon Hill across 1st St. to east side between Harrison and Bryant. Sign on cottage at 433 1st says 'Goodsell Place', marking a lane that ran for a short way east of 1st St. Embarcadero, rail sidings, Pier 38 in the distance. [dpwbook24 dpw5779]
South Beach