Hyde & Grove
Elevated view west to top of James Lick Pioneer Monument. Civic Center Plaza and City Hall in background.
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Contains 4015 photos
San Francisco Aerial
Aerial view of San Francisco looking to Golden Gate. Piers, ferries, skyline.
Montgomery & Greenwich
[Panorama of San Francisco from Telegraph Hill. Vallejo and Broadway wharves. (No. 11) 1348] View down to Embarcadero. Sailing ships and Contra Costa ferryboat. Chrysopolis side-wheel steamer.
Telegraph Hill
Harrison near Main
View east to Marine Hospital / Sailors Home. Board staircase and bridge on undeveloped Rincon Hill. Grocery and liquor store. (The U.S.Marine Hospital opened in 1853 but later moved to the Presidio in 1875. This large building then became a sailor's boarding home operated by the Ladies' Seaman's Friend Society.)
Rincon Hill
Market & Spear
[1030 Lower Market St and Ferry Building. San Francisco Cal. A.I.P.] View toward Ferry Building. Early autos, wagons, buggies, and streetcars.
Financial District
Magellan & Pacheco
[The San Francisco Commercial Club visits Forest Hill, April 18, 1913, Compliments of Newell-Murdoch Co.] View over Dewey Blvd. to Forest Hill extension development, Edgehill in background
Forest Hill
Ocean Beach
View south from Cliff House showing walkers and carriages on Cliff Road (now Point Lobos Avenue). [Roadway, Beach and Ocean from Cliff House. A View from the house, Lena Mar 4. 1905.] Left to right: Seal Rock House, Ocean Beach Pavilion, Olympic Saltwater pumping plant, Cyclers Rest, Golden Gate Park Sheehan's Tavern, and original Beach Chalet..(No windmills, so photo must date prior to 1903)
Sutro Heights
Van Ness near O'Farrell
View north from center of street. Hotel Baltimore on left; early autos and wagons shortly after earthquake; early light poles in center of street. St. Mary's Cathedral is out of frame on left. Autopiano ad, Quaker Oats ad. [Van Ness Ave]
Cathedral Hill
California near Stockton
View east to Old St Mary's Church, Sing Chong Import Co., Kohl Building, Yerba Buena Island, Southern Pacific Building in distance, Lenox Apartments, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Building at far right. At left, construction under way, probably for 720 California Street (completed 1926).
Chinatown
Front & Sacramento
Southwest corner of Front and Sacramento. D. Debernardi & Co. Warehouse, 259 Front, built 1911.
Financial District
Ortega near 14th Ave
News photo of Robert Hess on a funicular to his 'glass house' at 601 Ortega St. Cascade Walk stairway at left.
Golden Gate Heights
Clipper near Noe
View south from roof of James Lick School over playground to Clipper St between Noe and Castro. 4 of 5 houses on Clipper still stand 2021, 337 Clipper at right.
Noe Valley
Clipper near Noe
View Southwest from James Lick School playground to Clipper St between Noe and Castro
Noe Valley
View From Kite Hill
View Northwest from Kite Hill. Mount Olympus and 'Triumph of Light' statue at center. Corbett Avenue and Merritt Street run across the center, 18th Street at the bottom. The intersection of Merritt and Danvers at lower left. Fence advertisement for Joe Poheim the Tailor, 1110-12 Market Street. Many houses in this view srtill stand in 2021. The extension of Market Street runs through this view today. [Mrs. C. H. Stanley]
Eureka Valley
Haight & Market
View westerly from Haight and Market, cable car tracks up Haight. Same image as wnp71.0855. [TEH816 Cor. Haight & Market T.E. Hecht]
Civic Center