1906 Ruins from Nob Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast from near Stockton and Pine Sts. From left, Union Trust Building, Crocker Building, Palace Hotel, Chronicle Building and Annex, Call Building.
Nob HillSkyline
Contains 951 photos
Nob Hill from City Hall
[B 205. Panorama of San Francisco from New City Hall] Elevated view northeast from roof of City Hall building on McAllister towards Nob Hill with mansions and church/synagogue steeples on horizon.
Civic Center
California & Montgomery
Elevated view west from Montgomery. Old St. Mary's Church at center, with First Congregational Church opposite on California. California House. Cable cars terminate at Kearny. Edouart's Gallery, German Savings & Loan Society, Saulmann's Coffee Saloon, Spring Valley Water Works at right. Mark Hopkins residence top left.[B 517 California Street from Sansome Street (Sic), San Francisco, looking west.]
Financial District
View of San Francisco
View northwest to Nob Hill mansions, Russian Hill, Grace Church with bell tower in distance. Palace Hotel, Crocker, Union Trust & original Hobart Buildings. Masonic Temple, California Hotel. [7614 View of San Francisco, looking North from Harrison and Essex Streets.]
Rincon Hill
View of Telegraph 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
Financial District
View south from Telegraph Hill over downtown to Portrero Hill in Distance. Shell, Crown Zellerbach, Alaska Commercial, J. Harold Dollar, Standard Oil, Pacific Telephone, Equitable, Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, demolished 1969), Russ Building, Hunter-Dulin Building. Wells Fargo Building (464 California) under construction.
Telegraph Hill
View from Telegraph Hill
Bay Bridge & SOMA, looking southeast; Southern Pacific Building (S-P Sign removed August 1961) Fife and Matson Buildings with large electric signs atop. Embarcadero Freeway at left. Bethlehem Steel Corp. Building / 100 California (1960, Welton D. Becket architect) at right. Embarcadero Freeway at left.
Telegraph Hill
View from Telegraph Hill
Bay Bridge & SOMA, looking southeast; Southern Pacific Building (S-P Sign removed August 1961) Fife and Matson Buildings with large electric signs atop. Embarcadero Freeway at left. Bethlehem Steel Corp. Building / 100 California (1960, Welton D. Becket architect) at right. Embarcadero Freeway at left.
Telegraph Hill
View from Telegraph Hill
View southwest to Nob Hill, Comstock Apartments (completed 1961) under construction, Mt. Sutro in background. Spires of Guadalupe Church, Broadway and Mason, at bottom right. At left, Clay-Jones Apartments, Crest Royal Apartments 1310 Jones built 1955, 10-story 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect, 1928).
Telegraph Hill
Financial District
Elevated view east from Mark Hopkins
Nob Hill
City view
Flags at half mast for President Roosevelt's death: View northeast from Russ Building(?) to Embarcadero, Treasure Island. Merchants Exchange Building, Assessor's Building, Old Federal Reserve Bank, J. Harold Dollar Building (351 California). Merchants Exchange Building bottom left.
Financial District
City view
Flags at half mast for President Roosevelt's death: view north to Telegraph Hill from Russ Building (?). Top of Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, demolished 1969) at lower left. Assessor's Building, Old Federal Reserve Bank at right. Merchants Exchange Building center bottom.
Financial District
Fire from Nob Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast to City burning in distance from Nob Hill. Call Building left center, Temple Emanu-el, Whittell Building under construction
Nob Hill
Ferry Building
View west from water toward Ferry Building, Fairmont Hotel, piers, sea gulls, and wake of a ferry. [Worden. S.F.]
View from SF Bay
View southwest from ship showing skyline from Telegraph Hill to Russian Hill. [Our first glimpse of Frisco]
Outside SF