Contains 8537 photos
View northwest across California and Sansome intersection to Bank of California, home of William Chapman Ralston's bank, and buildings on west side of Sansome. Same image as Watkins stereoview 1782.[1782. Bank of California, S.F.]
Financial District
View northeast across intersection to North Beach and Mission horsecar on 4th in front of Southern Pacific headquarters building. That line went to Powell and Jefferson.
South of Market
[1770] Elevated view north on Montgomery. Market Street Railway horsecar, Masonic Temple, Lick House, Clock Tower Building (later Savings and Loan Building), Los Angeles and San Bernardino Land Association office.
Financial District
[1649. Woodward's Gardens, San Francisco] Elevated view northwest from Mission and 14th Street. Main entrance at right.
Mission
[Geary Street, from Taylor, view East, S. F.] On the near right corner of Geary and Mason is the only known view of one of the earliest buildings to be constructed in this area. It was built as a Presbyterian Church in 1854 and went through a number of uses as a church, Sunday School, and a non-sectarian school (the Urban Academy on the likely date of this photograph)(PF), 8th Ward Market at 443 Geary. Palace Hotel in distance, spires at left are on Calvary Presybterian church. Plank sidewalks. Watkins Stereoview 2450.
Tenderloin
[Railroad Buildings, 4th and Townsend Streets., S.F. 2452] View northeast across intersection to North Beach and Mission horsecar in front of Southern Pacific headquarters building.
South of Market
Baldwin Hotel, looking north on Powell.
Downtown / Union Square
View northwest across intersection to Russ House (opened April, 1862), occupying the west side of Montgomery Street between Bush and Pine Streets. E. & F. Shrier men's clothing story in corner storefront, left. Mutual Life Insurance Co., J. C. Meussdorffer hats at right. Nevada Bank Building (1875) at Pine street corner in distance. [The Russ House, Montgomery St. Front, S.F. 3676]
Financial District
Elevated view northeast across Market to Baldwin Hotel (completed 1876) at corner of Powell and Market streets. Carriages, horsecar tracks (installed 1879, replaced with cable 1888), infrastructure work in progress on Powell. Trinity Episcopal Church (1867-1893) in distance left.
Downtown / Union Square
[1734. Lick House, Sutter Street Front, S. F.] Elevated view southwest across intersection to Lick House, C. C. Hastings & Co. Clothing and Furnishing Goods on corner.
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view south across California street near Powell to Stanford Mansion, S.C. Bugbee and Son, architects. [Residence of Gov. Stanford, California St. S. F. 3702.]
Nob Hill
Elevated view southwest across Montgomery and Sutter intersection. Lick House, C. C. Hastings & Co. Tailors; Logan & Co., Masonic Temple, painted sign for omnibus stop at left. [1733. Lick House, Montgomery Street Front, S. F.]
Financial District
Elevated view southeast to Palace Hotel, Grand Hotel. Cable cars, American flags, and bunting. 4th of July? Dow's Commercial Night School, S. Hausmann & Co.
South of Market
View east on Clay Street of cable cars, carriage, and ad for Nolan Bros. shoes. [L. N. Barney?. 1324 Polk St.]
Polk Gulch
View east on California Street between Grant and Kearny. Adelphi Theatre at 607 California at right and cable cars. [California Street, San Francisco, Cal.]
Chinatown