Pine near Taylor
1906 Earthquake and Fire, panoramic view from Nob Hill looking southeast to retail district
Lower Nob HillSkyline
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Harrison & Essex
View north from Harrison to approach to Bay Bridge from Transbay Terminal. Key System #1206 A-Line. In background, Mark Hopkins Hotel, Standard Oil Building (225 Bush), Shell Building
Rincon Hill
San Francisco Skyline
View from Bay. Ferryboats, Ferry Building
View of Downtown
From Bay, ferries in bay traveling near Ferry Building. Piers south of Ferry Building, Pacific Telephone Building, Call Building,
View From Twin Peaks
View northeast from hilltop at Portola and 25th St. over Noe Valley to U.S. Mint, Downtown, Bay Bridge and Yerba Buena Island in distance. Alvarado School center left, St. Philip the Apostle Church center right, Potrero Hill beyond.
Upper Market
Sacramento above Powell
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view east from Nob Hill above Powell Street between Sacramento and Clay Streets to Ferry Building over Chinatown. Some earthquake and fire ruins exist, but much reconstruction has occurred. A cable car is seen heading south on Powell. Alaska Commercial Building (1907, Meyers and Ward, Architects), Kohl Building, Merchant's Exchange Building, Clunie Building, Sing Fat Building (1907) and Old St. Mary's Church are seen in the background right of center. Fairmont Hotel at right. In far left background, Appraisers Building, Montgomery Block, U.S. Customs House under construction. Bank of Italy Building at Montgomery and Clay beyond chimney at left. Donaldina Cameron House at Sacramento and Joice Streets left of center. See wnp14.1233, taken around same time.
Nob Hill
Montgomery & Vallejo
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south on Montgomery from Telegraph Hill toward downtown, reconstruction. Montgomery Block, Kohl Building, Merchants Exchange Building, Call Building, Whittell Building, Old St. Mary's Church, Grace Church. Ruins of Hall of Justice, center.
Telegraph Hill
Market near 2nd
Elevated View east from 2nd Street toward Shell Building, lot partially cleared for Zellerbach Plaza. Bay Bridge in the background
Financial District
View W From Russian Hill
Intersection of Hyde and Green in foreground
Russian Hill
Fort Mason
View southeast from near Officer's Club. Galileo High School at center. Russian Hill in back
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
View from Telegraph Hill
View south toward downtown, Campaign signs for Rolph for Mayor and Badaracco for Supervisor
Telegraph Hill
View of the City
Aerial view from over Twin Peaks, looking down Market to Yerba Buena and Treasure Island (with Golden Gate International Exposition buildings), and East Bay beyond. Corona Heights at lower left, Castro Theater at lower right. Telegraph Hill to Bay Bridge.
Eureka Valley
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 from Nob Hill
View looking northwest from Fairmont Hotel towards Russian Hill, Marin Headlands, and Mt. Tamalpais.
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