Contains 951 photos
View east from Top of the Mark to bay, Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island, downtown 'skyscrapers'. Appraisers Building at upper left. PG&E Annex, upper right, completed 1948. Notably absent is annex of Metropolitan Life Insurance Building completed in 1952. Clunie Building at Montgomery and California with Bank of America sign on west wall.
Nob Hill
Elevated view northeast over Sutter-Stockton Parking Garage construction to Financial District and Yerba Buena and Treasure Islands. 450 Sutter medical building at left. Pacific National Bank Building, Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Russ Building, Mills Building and Mills Tower, Shell Building, Alexander Building, Standard Oil Building, Equitable Building. Paul Elder's Books at lower right.
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view west up Commercial Street. Muni 8-Line trolley bus #741 and 55-Line #0289 diesel bus in foreground. Exposition Fountain, Harbor Coffee Shop, Golden Cafe. On horizon, from left, Mark Hopkins Hotel, Brocklebank Apartments, original Federal Reserve Bank, Clay-Jones Apartments with radio tower atop, Crest Royal Apartments 1310 Jones built 1955. Area in foreground demolished and now site of Embarcadero Center.
Financial District
Elevated view looking north down Oakwood from back stairway of 56 Cumberland St, with Oakwood St in view. US Mint is visible toward left at horizon. In 1964 an apartment building would be built in the open lot in the foreground.
Mission Dolores
Suspension section of Bay Bridge, City Skyline from the island
Yerba Buena Island
Elevated view south past Falkenau & Hanks Pacific Chemical works to Bernal Heights in distance left. 1928 Copy photo. [Pacific Chemical Works (1868-1869) dpwbook41 dpwA945 1928-03-17]
Mission
View from Yerba Buena Island. Ferry Building, skyscrapers, Sutro Forest in background.
SF Bay
Unknown Battleship in Bay, Ferry Building, Standard Oil Building under construction View west from anchorage south of Yerba Buena Island.
SF Bay
Elevated view from the St. Francis Hotel, north up Powell toward Nob Hill, Fairmont Hotel, Telegraph Hill. Intersection at bottom is Powell and Sutter. Part of a 4-part panorama.
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view from the St. Francis Hotel, north toward Telegraph Hill, rebuilt Temple Emanu-El on Sutter Street at center. Original (1909-14) Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Building at background left on Stockton and California. Part of a 4-part panorama.
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view from the St. Francis Hotel, East toward Yerba Buena Island. Intersection of Post and Stockton at bottom. Union Square Hotel, W & J Sloane, Kohl Building, Merchants Exchange, Ferry Building Part of a 4-part panorama.
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view from the St. Francis Hotel, southeast to buildings on east side of Stockton across from Union Square. Whittell Building and Call Building at right, both still stand. Part of a 4-part panorama.
Downtown / Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to 1906 Earthquake and Fire damage from near Polk and Olive toward downtown. Fairmont Hotel, St. Francis Hotel, Whittell, Call, Iroquois Apartments and Flood buildings in background, left to right
Tenderloin
View East toward Call Building
Nob Hill
View southeast over Financial District. Metropolitan Life Insurance Building (later Cogswell College and Ritz-Carlton), Russ Building, Standard Oil Building, Equitable Life Insurance Building (100 Montgomery), Hunter-Dulin Building, 111 Sutter. Union 76 Clock Tower, Pacific Telephone Building in background.
Nob Hill