Skyline

Contains 951 photos

View NE from Russian Hill
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View NE from Russian Hill

View northeast to Washington Square at right center. St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church to left of Washington Square at Stockton and Filbert. Original Ss. Peter & Paul church at Filbert and Grant. Presentation Convent Roman Catholic school complex at center left, on west side of Powell. Layman's Castle atop Telegraph Hill. J. L. Williams & Co. Grocers to right of Square. [Telegraph Hill, North Beach and Bay of SF from Russian Hill B2902 Taber]

Russian Hill
Downtown View
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Downtown View

[View from new City Hall Dome, looking down Market Street] Elevated view east to downtown. St. Boniface Church, Hibernia Bank and Murphy Building (Prager's Department Store) in foreground. Mills Building, Chronicle, Call Building, Palace Hotel, St. Ann's Building, Baldwin Hotel (destroyed by fire, November 1898), Emporium, St. Patrick's Church, Selby Shot Tower in distance.

Civic Center
Powell near Sacramento
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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
Upper Market
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Upper Market

View northeast over Noe Valley to downtown. Alvarado School, Castro Hill to right of center. [Bear Photo Processing]

Upper Market
Bay Bridge
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Bay Bridge

View of skyline looking west from departing ferry boat

Bay Bridge -no scan
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Bay Bridge -no scan

View of skyline looking west from eastbound ferry

View from Twin Peaks
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View from Twin Peaks

View north to Mt Olympus, Corona Heights and Buena Vista Park

Clarendon Heights
View from Twin Peaks
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View from Twin Peaks

View east towards Market and South of Market

Midtown Terrace
Sansome at Halleck
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Sansome at Halleck

View north to Coit Tower and Telegraph Hill from Crown-Zellerbach Building. In foreground, rear of Tadich Grill at Clay and Leidesdorff Streets, Montgomery Block to left.

Financial District
Aquatic Park
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Aquatic Park

Viewed from boat in bay. Russian Hill in background. Maritime Museum (originally Casino Building) at right.

Sacramento near Leidesdorff
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Sacramento near Leidesdorff

Elevated view northwest across Chinatown to Russian Hill. Hall of Justice in background right. Sunset Magazine headquarters (1934-1951), at 576 Sacramento. Russian Hill skyscrapers (1101 Taylor and 945 Green) in the background.

Financial District
Financial District
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Financial District

Family of five on rooftop of 335 Kearny, Elevated view east, back of Russ building in background

Financial District
Russian Hill from the Bay
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Russian Hill from the Bay

View of future Aquatic Park from bay. Ghirardelli factory and rowing clubs at center. Foot of Polk Street and Fontana Warehouse at right.

View from SF Bay
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View from SF Bay

View northeast from ferry boat toward downtown SF and Ferry Building. Pacific Telephone Building, Shell Building (completed 1929) under construction, Russ Building (1927). 57 sign, Wellman Coffee sign. [Home San Francisco's tug line 102]

SF Bay
Downtown Burning
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Downtown Burning

Elevated view from Nob Hill looking east. Goldberg Bowen & Co. Grocers at 426-432 Pine St., Merchants Exchange and Mills Building in background [Fire near Western Union office.] Photo postcard. [Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 113]

Chinatown