Contains 205 photos
View East from Top of the Mark towards bay. Appraisers Building, Merchants Exchange Building, Russ Building. Girders at bottom center are the construction of the California Street addition to the Metropolitan Life Building
Nob Hill
View Southeast from Top of the Mark towards downtown and bay. Russ Building at center, Hunter-Dulin Building at right. Construction of the California Street addition to the Metropolitan Life Building (lower left) dates this image to 1952
Nob Hill
Telephoto view, Corona Heights in foreground. downtown, City Hall, Bay Bridge Yerba Buena Island
Clarendon Heights
View south to 575 Market Street (then Standard Oil Building) under construction in distance.
Financial District
View east toward SF Bay. Yerba Buena Island, Ferry Building, Southern Pacific, Matson Building under construction, Standard Oil Building, Bank of America, Metropolitan Life Insurance. Federal Reserve Bank (George Kelham architect, completed 1924) under construction at left. (positive film)
Nob Hill
View south from rear floors of the Hearst / Examiner Building at 3rd and Market, looking across 3rd Street. Williams Building (Clinton Day, architect) and Mercantile Center Building (Aronson Building) in foreground both still stand in 2021. Just beyond Aronson Building is the M.A. Gunst Building (Lansburgh and Joseph, Architects), southwest corner of Mission and 3rd, built 1907. Future site of Yerba Buena and Moscone Center in background, Potrero Hill background right.
South of Market
View South from rear floors of the Hearst / Examiner Building at 3rd and Market, looking down 3rd Street. Pacific Telephone building at left, Williams Building (Clinton Day, architect) at right.
South of Market
Elevated view south from rear floors of the Hearst / Examiner Building at 3rd and Market. Mercantile Center Building (Aronson Building) in foreground still stands 2021. Beyond is M.A. Gunst Building (Lansburgh and Joseph, Architects), southwest corner of Mission and 3rd, built 1907. Future site of Yerba Buena and Moscone Center in background. Potrero Hill in the distance.
South of Market
View east from the Top of the Mark toward downtown and Bay Bridge. California Street at center. Construction of north wing of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Building at bottom. 3/4
Nob Hill
View east from the Top of the Mark toward downtown and Bay Bridge. California Street at center. California Street wing of the Metropolitan Life Building is nearing completion at bottom center. 1/4
Nob Hill
View east from the Top of the Mark toward downtown and Bay Bridge. California Street at center. The California Street wing of the Metropolitan Life Building is nearing completion at bottom center. 4/4
Nob Hill
View east on Market toward 3rd Street. Mutual Savings Bank (Citizens Federal Savings), unrestored Chronicle Building (American Savings) . Aetna Life and Casualty Building ( Crocker Plaza) under construction, Hobart Building, 1 California under construction in the distance.
Downtown / Union Square
View northwest from Bay toward downtown buildings. Pier 16 at left, Railway Express Agency Pier, Ferry Building at right, Hobart Building. Embarcadero YMCA, Matson Building, Mark Hopkins, S-P sign on Southern Pacific Building (removed September 1961). International Building (601 California at Kearny) under construction. Embarcadero Freeway.
View South from Coit Tower, Telegraph Hill toward North Beach and Financial District, and Downtown.(black and white positive film)
Telegraph Hill
View northwesterly from SF Bay, south of the Ferry Building. Many Navy warships, including several battleships..