California near Stockton
View east from near Stockton. Old St. Mary's Church at left. First Congregational Church (until 1872, then Academy of Sciences) at right, Edouart & Cobb Photographic Art Gallery building at Kearny corner.
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View from Fairmont Hotel
View east to Yerba Buena Island, East Bay Hills and Mt. Diablo, ferries and warships in bay behind Ferry Building. Old St. Mary's at lower center, down California Street Kohl Building, Alaska Commercial Building (1907), Merchants Exchange Building, Clunie Building, Hotel Yale, Hotel Helvetia beyond. On Pine and Sansome Streets at far right, the Royal Insurance Co. Building (1909). On Sacramento St. at left, Chy Lung & Co., Haas Bros. wholesale grocers and Davis corner.
Nob Hill
View East from Nob Hill
View east over city to Yerba Buena (Goat) Island. Montgomery Block, Post Office and Custom House, the first Merchants' Exchange Building at center, Portsmouth Square at left. Cropped from larger image at wnp37.01589. [1762. View From California and Powell Streets, SF]
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View N from Russian Hill
View from Greenwich between Hyde & Leavenworth, north toward Great White Fleet navy ships entering bay, Alcatraz behind. Unpaved (and pre-curved) Lombard Street in middle of photo.
Russian Hill
California & Powell
[Corner of California and Powell Streets (handwritten) Watkins New Cabinet Series, Yosemite and Pacific Coast 427 Montgomery Street] View northeast to Union Grammar School/San Francisco High School/Boys High School/Normal School building (with double stairway in front) on Powell south of Clay. Chinatown, North Beach, Telegraph Hill in distance. St. Francis of Assisi Church at left center distance. Steeple of First Chinese Presbyterian Church on Stockton to right of center.
Nob Hill
View NE from Russian Hill
[9028 Panorama of San Francisco from Russian Hill, showing Alcatraz Island and Bay.] Likely part of panorama wnp.37.03797.
Russian Hill
View NE from Russian Hill
[9029 Panorama of San Francisco from Russian Hill, showing Bay.] North Beach and part of Telegraph Hill.
Russian Hill
Harrison near Spear
[432--Panorama from Rincon Hill] View northeast from near Rincon Point around Spear & Harrison, possibly from Marine Hospital / Sailors Home. Spear St. in foreground. Black Diamond Coal Mining Co, east side Spear between Folsom & Harrison. Carmen Island Salt Works mill, 249 Steuart. Many sailing ships.
Rincon Hill
View from Telegraph Hill
View northwest from around Greenwich and Kearny. Meiggs' Wharf, Alcatraz Island. [No. 137 The Bay of San Francisco, Cal.]
Telegraph Hill
Sacramento near Powell
View east over Earthquake and fire ruins (with much reconstruction in progress) of Chinatown and Financial District to Ferry Building, Alaska Commercial Building (1907), Kohl Building, Merchants Exchange Building, Clunie Building, tower of Old St. Mary's cathedral, Mills Building with Marine Hospital beyond. Sing Fat Co. Building (1907) and Bay. Corner of Fairmont Hotel at extreme right. Donaldina Cameron House at Sacramento and Joice street left of center beyond chimney.
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View from Telegraph Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire ruins, View southeast from Telegraph Hill, probably Green near Montgomery, toward Ferry Building with post-earthquake scaffolding. Same image as wnp28.046.
Telegraph Hill
Skyline from Bay
View northwest, Telegraph Hill with Layman's Castle,at center
Old Ferry Building
Elevated view southeast from near Market Street & Embarcadero to original Ferry Building. Horse cars lined up, one Cable Car from Market Street Cable Railway Co. (founded 1882 by Leland Stanford), Stage coach. [Edward H. Kemp Lantern Slides]
Financial District
View N from Telegraph Hill
View north to Angel Island and Alcatraz. At right 290 Lombard, Art Moderne apartment building, Architect: H.C. Baumann, built 1940. At left, gas holding tank (gasometer) at foot of Powell St.
Telegraph Hill
View SE from Russian Hill
[Panorama from Russian Hill, San Francisco (No. 9.) 770. Watkins' Pacific Coast] Looking southeast from approximately Vallejo near Taylor. Vallejo St. at left, Metropolitan Hotel Stable and Temple Sherith Israel (Later congregation Shaari Zedek, 1854 on Stockton between Broadway and Vallejo) Post Office and Custom House, center.
Russian Hill