View from Telegraph Hill
View southwest to St Francis church at center. Stanford, Hopkins & Crocker Mansions silhouetted on Nob Hill. [No.117 San Francisco from Telegraph Hill] Enno Nesemann publisher.
Telegraph HillStereoview
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View Lafayette Park
View East from Holladay Heights (Lafayette Square). Roughly from Clay and Octavia. "Holladay Heights" was the 1866 mansion of Samuel W. Holladay. [San Francisco and Environs from Holliday (Sic) Heights 2472]
Pacific Heights
Conservatory of Flowers
Golden Gate Park, view northeast to Conservatory of Flowers after January 5, 1883 fire. (New dome in place by 1884) [479. Golden Gate Park]
Golden Gate Park
Jackson near Grant
View northeast across Jackson toward Beckett (then Bartlett Alley). Chinatown Street scene, stereo view. See also wnp37.01123. [372 Wagstaff, C-24] [G810 C-024] [M. Blaisdell Coll] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Chinatown
Post near Powell
Cropped duplicate of wnp24.0027a. View north from Union Square to National Guard Armory (dedicated on March 6, 1864), Post between Powell & Stockton Streets, Temple Emanu-El on Sutter Street behind. Portion of Trinity Episcopal Church (Cornerstone laid late 1866, dedicated September 22, 1867) on left. [G57 SBU-005] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Sacramento near Divisadero
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west on Sacramento toward Divisadero (Devisadero) to stoves in street following 1906 earthquake. Signs read 'Palace Hotel Grill Cafe' and 'St. Francis Grill.' Queen Anne and Italianate Victorian (with quoins) on Divisadero corners in background still stand in 2022. [8211 - Street Kitchens jokingly named for famous hotels--after the earthquake. San Francisco, Cal. U-91365] [F810 EF-035] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Pacific Heights
California & Montgomery
Elevated view west up California Street from balcony of Express Building. Old St. Mary's Church at right. In the left foreground is Stevenson's Building, of 1859, named after A. J. Stevenson, of Mexican War fame (with Kennedy & Bell Carpets at street level). The next tall building to the west is the Mechanics Institute library of 1863. Painted signage is visible in this photo. The library stayed here only until 1866, when they built a new building on Post Street (their current site).[WK] (one half of a stereo view) Opposite Old St. Mary's is First Congregational Church, with Grace Church beyond at Stockton. Same image as wnp37.00593-L., but darker and with slightly different cropping. [1865 Calif St. West from Montgy SS-17] [F810 SS-017] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Financial District
Leidesdorff near California
View north on Leidesdorff north to Telegraph Hill in distance. B. Price Stockbroker. Merchants Exchange on far left, London & San Francisco Bank building (constructed in 1874) beyond across California, Hayward's Building at right. [No. 154 Leidesdorff Street 1880 SS-54] [F810 SS-054] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Financial District
Clay & Leavenworth
[1320. The Golden Gate, from Clay Street Hill, San Francisco.] View northwest from Nob Hill over future Marina District towards Presidio, Fort Point, Golden Gate and Marin Headlands. St. Brigid Catholic Church (1864) in middle distance center, at Broadway and Van Ness, early houses. Larkin St. Presbyterian Church (Larkin & Pacific, completed 1864) at right.
Nob Hill
California near Stockton
[723 Looking down California St., from Nob Hill - Ferry Building and Bay in distance, San Francisco U.S.A. Copyright 1907 by H.C. White Co.] Looking east between Powell and Stockton. View taken before earthquake and fire. Two cable cars at center crossing Stockton Street. Shaari Zedek synagogue, Old St. Mary's Cathedral, Kohl Building.
Nob Hill
View NE from Russian Hill
View northeast toward Telegraph Hill, (with German Castle aka Laymen's Folly, Telegraph Hill observatory), Washington Square at 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. Stulz Bros. grocers, Union and Columbus (then Montgomery Ave.).[0603 Telegraph Hill from Russian Hill, San Francisco, U.S.A. Copyright 1908 by J.J. Killelea & Co.]
Russian Hill
View NE from Russian Hill
North Beach, looking East from Russian Hill near Hyde and Lombard. Sailing ships at anchor, Yerba Buena Island in distance. Toland Medical College and Home for the Inebriate in distance center. The octagonal house at the left, one of five in the city, was built in 1859 for Arden Ellis, a laborer, at the NW corner of Lombard and Leavenworth. North Beach in middle distance. Yerba Buena Island in background. [2708. Telegraph Hill and Goat Island] Also published as stereoview card with title '1316. North Beach and Goat Island San Francisco' by John P. Soule.
Russian Hill
View W from Coit Tower
[34392 San Francisco from Telegraph Hill] North Beach, Aquatic Park, Muni Pier, Fort Mason. Golden Gate Bridge under construction in distance.
Telegraph Hill
Fleet at anchor in bay
[16507 - San Francisco Bay during the Visit of the Pacific Fleet, View from the Call Building, Calif.] Elevated view southeast to U.S. Navy battleships and cruisers of 'Great White Fleet' anchored in the bay. California Ink Co. 33-41 Clementina, Geo. W. Caswell Co. coffee 530 Folsom between 1st and 2nd Sts., Brooklyn Hotel 365-373 1st St. at center. Rincon Hill at right.
South of Market
Troop ship Pennsylvania
[9391 - Transport 'Pennsylvania' Leaving San Francisco with 1,300 Volunteers for Manila.] Troop transport loaded with soldiers of the 51st Iowa Volunteers alongside pier at foot of Pacific Street. Crowd of onlookers in foreground.
Northern Waterfront