Contains 8537 photos
Elevated view southwest to 10th & Market. Full name 'Western Furniture Exchange and Merchandise Mart' (1937) later renamed Market Square. Eastern extension under construction at left. In left distance, Hotel Whitcomb. [Merchandise Mart San Francisco pictorial R-41] [P8-3-48] Twitter headquarters in 2018
Civic Center
Elevated view northwest across intersection to busy street scene with Bank of California on right and London and San Francisco Bank on left. Britton & Rey Artotype. [Business Blocks of San Francisco - North Side of California Street from Sansome to Montgomery. London & San Francisco Bank building (constructed in 1874), 424 California at left, Bank of California at right. Artotype No. 52, With S.F. News Letter, Aug 4, 1888]
Financial District
View north from center of Montgomery near Pine. Nevada Bank at left. At right, Western Union office, Pacific Stock Exchange, Safe Deposit Building with tower. Signs for Western Union (on telegraph pole at right), Daily Report. Britton * Rey Artotype. [Business Blocks of San Francisco - Montgomery Street, from Corner Pine Street, Looking North. Nevada Bank, W.U. (Western Union) Telegraph Office. Artotype No 78, With S.F. News Letter, July 7th, 1888] See also wnp71.1972.
Financial District
Elevated view northwest across Kearny to Roos Bros. at left, the White House across from Roos on NW corner of Post and Kearny with signage for grand opening . Britton & Rey. [Business Blocks of San Francisco - West side of Kearny, Looking North from Post Street. Artotype No 88, With S.F. News Letter, September 22 1888]
Downtown / Union Square
[The Arbor opposite Golden Gate Park on Fulton Ave] Beertown district adjacent to park. Duplicate of wnp37.02836
Golden Gate Park
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view south on South Van Ness (then Howard) toward 18th Street. Residences toppled off their foundations, rift visible in the street. Part of what came to be known as the 'Drunken Houses' on the edge of the burn zone. Bernal Heights in the background.
Mission
View west on California between Sansome and Montgomery. At left, Hayward's Building, second Merchants Exchange Building (with clock tower) and Safe Deposit Building (with tower, opened 1875) at left. London & California Bank Building (northwest corner of Leidesdorff) at right. Old St. Mary's, Grace Church, Mark Hopkins mansion in the distance. Cable car tracks beyond Kearny in distance. Horsecar tracks with horsecar reading 'First and Folsom St.' Superior copy but more tightly cropped than wnp71.1898. (glass copy negative)[27]
Financial District
View west from center of Market Street near Main, showing Studebaker Carriages and Wagons at 201-207 Market Street at left. Twin Peaks in distance. Same image as wnp70.0403, different cropping. (glass copy negative)
Financial District
View southeast on Ocean at Plymouth, Market Street Railway 12-line streetcar #935 with zip stripe livery passing Ocean Avenue Golf Practice Range. City College in the background.[0935-12-01 WB on Ocean at Plymouth 1942]
Westwood Park
View northeast on Sloat near 47th Avenue. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 12-line streetcar #937 at the terminal in front of Fleishhacker playground and zoo. North side of Sloat, Rainier Restaurant, Fat Boy Barbecue in the background. [0937-12-01 WB on Sloat at 47th Avenue 6 June 1942]
Parkside
View north on Mission Street toward Randall. Market Street Railway 23-line streetcar #937 passing Cortland Paint Co. and Reed Realty. Large Lachman's furniture store billboard with clock faces San Jose Avenue. The entire block on the north side of Randall was later demolished. [0937-23B-01 SB on Mission South of Randall 1940]
Holly Park
View south from St. Francis Circle toward Junipero Serra Boulevard (left) and Sloat Boulevard (right) toward Market Street Railway (MSRy) 12-line streetcar #938 in the middle of the intersection. Stoneson Bros. Lakeside Development Office at right. [0938-12-01 WB on Sloat at St. Francis Circle 1944]
Merced Manor
View east on Turk from Arguello. Municipal Railway (Muni) 31-line streetcar #939 crossing Arguello toward Balboa. [0939-31-01 WB on Turk at Arguello 1949]
Richmond Inner
View Northwest across the intersection of Turk, Arguello, and Balboa. Municipal Railway (Muni) 31-line streetcar #939 crossing Arguello toward Turk. Standard Oil gas station on the southwest corner. [0939-31-02 Arguello 1949]
Lone Mountain
View north on Mission Road, Colma at the Southern Pacific overcrossing. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 14-line streetcar #941 passing sign for Capitol Nursery [0941-14-01 NB on Mission at F SP Crossing 29 May 1943]
Outside SF