Lyon near Lombard
View North on Lyon from Lombard, Presidio at left, Palace of Fine Arts, Marin Headlands [Lyon St. northerly from Lombard] [DPW A3632]
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Peninsula Aerial
View north along San Francisco Peninsula from Burlingame to Marin County, Including Millbrae, San Bruno, South San Francisco, Daly City, San Bruno Mountain, San Francisco Airport (SFO) at right. Bayshore Freeway (US101) almost completed between San Bruno and Sierra Point. Candlestick Causeway is paved which provides a date of early 1957. A lot of construction throughout San Mateo County in this view.
Outside SF
Tompkins & Putnam
Elevated view southeast over crowded Alemany Farmer's Market; Mt. St. Joseph in background.
Bernal Heights
Fort Point
View across Golden Gate to Marin Headlands; Chichibu Maru Japanese ship entering harbor
Presidio
Cow Palace site
Soldiers at the 'I Am an American Day' at the Livestock Pavilion; tents to left; McLaren Park in the background
Outside SF
Foerster St Slide
View of Foerster Slide from uphill on Los Palmos Dr. Houses from left: 740, 744, 746 Foerster. On far side: 785 Foerster. Massive mudslide wrecked several houses. Mt Davidson above undeveloped, some grading. ['Moving Mountain of Mud' Mashes Frisco Homes '] Mt. Davidson in background; landslide on slopes of Mt. Davidson.
Miraloma Park
Mangels near Detroit
Looking east from approximate site of 373 Mangels Ave, before construction of strip of houses there. Steep hillside of backyards. McLaren Park on right. Large pine in center in backyard 442 Joost still stands. Houses in center are 626 and 625 Detroit St.
Sunnyside
Woodlawn Cemetery
El Camino Real near F Street in Colma, CA. Castle-like entry gate to cemetery before extension with second gate.
Outside SF
Marin County?
Hillside and road near East Fort Baker or Waldo Grade? Fog and East Bay in distance.
Fillmore & Green
View north up Fillmore Hill to the Market Street Railway Co. (MSRy) counterbalance cars. 2929 Fillmore St on the right was the last home of Abe Ruef, who was city boss at the time of the 1906 Earthquake.
Pacific Heights
Lone Mountain Aerial
After they built the SF College for Women on it. USF. Ewing Field. Calvary Cemetery. Fulton McAllister Carbarn. Alamo Square, Lowell High School, Panhandle, Buena Vista Park. The west slope of Lone Mountain shows the effects of the December 26, 1935 landslide which closed Parker Avenue for over a year.
Lone Mountain
Pacific near Gough
Sandlot baseball game on the south side of Pacific Street between Franklin and Gough. Large columned home on the northwest corner of Pacific and Gough belonged to Rudolph Spreckels (built in 1899, demolished around 1960). Most of the buildings in this view have been demolished. Bakery delivery truck may have 1433 Divisadero address on side. Pacific Street Cable line track is visible.
Pacific Heights
View from Merced Heights
View northeast from about Ashton & Lakeview (the Rocky Outcrop). Mt. Davidson, Homewood Terrace, and Westwood Park are visible, Little boy [Bill] posing with vista of valley behind him. Slope of Mt. Davidson with Sutro Forest on left.
Oceanview
Alemany near Nevada
View looking north toward Bernal Heights, construction work on University Mound pipeline in preparation for Alemany Boulevard. Paul Revere school at upper left. Houses in midground on left include 518 and 519 Nevada Street. [Support Pipelines xing Alemany Blvd.] [SFPUC dpwD1678]
Bernal Heights
Alemany near Nevada
View looking north toward Bernal Heights. Houses on upper left include 518 and 519 Nevada St, still stand. [Support Pipelines xing Alemany Blvd.] [SFPUC dpwD1642]
Bernal Heights