Fisherman's Wharf
View southwest across fishing boat basin to Russian Hill in background. DiMaggio's and Rosario's restaurants, aquarium, fuel storage tanks with winged Chevron logo on side. Fishing boats, including 'Dana T'.
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Powell & Bush
Powell Line cable car #506 ascending Powell Street. Grossman's Drugs and Liquors on corner.
Downtown / Union Square
California near Grant
Elevated view of California Street cable car eastbound after crossing Grant Ave. Sing Chong building in background.
Chinatown
Hyde & Beach
Hyde Street cable car #518 and passengers. Haslett Warehouse in background
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Hyde & Beach
Powell Street cable car #524 and turntable. Aquatic Park, MUNI pier, Marin Headlands, Mt. Tamalpais in background. San Francisco Rowing Club at right. Undeveloped land around the turntable would later become Victorian Park.
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Coit Tower
Telegraph Hilll Coit Tower parking lot from tower observation deck
Telegraph Hill
Washington & Powell
Looking East. Stub track that used to go all the way down Stockton. In 1914 Muni ordered it off of Stockton Street.
Chinatown
Jefferson & Taylor
Crab Alley. Sidewalk crab stands and vendor under canopy. (Very blurry)
Fishermans Wharf
Coit Tower Parking Lot
View north towards Bay, Alcatraz and Angel Island. Columbus monument not yet installed, will arrive in 1957. Also called Pioneer Park. At center, top of 290 Lombard, Art Moderne apartment building, Architect: H.C. Baumann, built 1940.
Telegraph Hill
Grant near California
Chinatown, view north on Grant, Muni cable car passing on California. Cathay House in Sing Chong Building, Far East Cafe. Lanterns strung along street and across intersections.
Chinatown
California & Grant
View east toward Kearny. Covered sidewalk on the left is because the Hartford Insurance building (650 California) is under construction. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building (1954, demolished 1991), Home Insurance building with Colonial tower (1951, demolished 1983), Financial Center Building (later Omni Hotel). On right, The International Building and the Clunie Building at Montgomery with Bank of America ad painted on west side. St. Mary's Square parking garage entrance. Bay Bridge and Southern Pacific Building in distance.
Chinatown
North Waterfront from Bay
Taken from vessel on SF Bay looking southeast. Waterfront and Aquatic Park. Maritime Museum, Russian Hill, North Beach, Telegraph Hili, Coit Tower.
SF Bay
View of Bay Bridge
From a boat, below suspension section. Yerba Buena Island
SF Bay
Jefferson & Taylor
View south across Jefferson down Taylor to A. Sabella Fish Grotto, Peter Alioto, Hof Brau, Sea Captain's Chest. Russian Hill in background, with apartment tower under construction.
Fishermans Wharf
California & Grant
View East on California St. from Grant Ave
Chinatown