Contains 8537 photos
Elevated view northwest across intersection to Russ House, opened April, 1862. Billiard Saloon, boot and shoe store, barber. [Bush St. West of Montgomery St. 1872 SS-6] [F810 SS-006] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view west over terminus of California Street cable car. Watkins 3711 'California St. Cable R.R.' (see also wnp37.00810). Old St. Mary's Church, California House, The Wasp office. [SS-10] [F810 SS-010] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Financial District
Elevated view west to Old St. Mary's, California House with General Arthur and Speckled Beauty cigar and oyster ads on side, Lyons Brothers sheet metal. Cable cars up hill, Grace Episcopal Church on left with bell tower added in 1890. [Calif St West from Kearny St 1890 SS-11] [F810 SS-011] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Financial District
View east down California to Cable car approaching. On left, San Francisco Savings Union (1894, William Curlett, architect), German Savings and Loan Society, Parrott Building, or Parrott Block (1852, Architect Stephen Williams), Kohl Building. On right, Safe Deposit Building with tower, Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York Building beyond. Clearer version with different cropping at wnp37.02807. [California St. July 3, 1905 SS-12] [F810 SS-012] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Financial District
View east to ship masts in distance on California. Safe Deposit Building on southeast corner, the second Merchants' Exchange Building beyond, Express Building at left. North Beach and Mission Horse Car. Image cropped from larger Watkins image, see wnp70.0286. (Watkins 3677) [Calif St., East Montgy St. 1890 SS-16] [F810 SS-016] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Financial District
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
Looking east from Nob Hill to Bay. Cable car in distance. Service began on this line in April, 1878. Old St. Mary's Cathedral at center. Plank sidewalks, cobblestones. Same image as wnp24.382a.[SS-19] [F810 SS-019] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Nob Hill
View east past cable car, Shaari Zedek synagogue, Old St. Mary's Cathedral. [SS-20 Calif St 1890 from Nob Hill] [F810 SS-020] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Nob Hill
View west from center of California. Fireman's Fund Insurance Co., second Merchants Exchange Building, Safe Deposit Building beyond, Bank of California, Boone & Osborn Patent Agency Law Office sign in front of Friedlander's Building. [California Street SS-21] [F810 SS-021] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Financial District
View west from center of street. Haywards' Building, second Merchants Exchange Building, Safe Deposit Building (1875), Horsecar, Old St. Mary's Church. Inferior copy, with different cropping of image at wnp15.1698. [California Street West from Sansome Street SS-22] [F810 SS-022] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Financial District
[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.[SS-32 Geary St from Taylor 1880 View East SF] [F810 SS-032] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Tenderloin
View east on Geary between Stockton and Grant (then Dupont Avenue) toward the Palace Hotel. Chronicle Building, Palace Hotel, cable car tracks. [SS-33 Geary St 1890 East Stockton] [F810 SS-033] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
View north. Many horsecars, including #12 marked for Oakland Ferry. [141 Grant Avenue San Francisco Cal 1880 SS-35] [F810 SS-035] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Stereoview of Grant Avenue (formerly Dupont St) looking north. Horsecars, pedestrians. [Dupont St., San Francisco 1882 SS-36] [F810 SS-036] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view north on Grant Avenue (formerly Dupont St). Horsecars (including #13 marked for Oakland Ferry), delivery wagons. [Grant Ave North from Market St 1894 SS-37] [F810 SS-037] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square