Union Square
Elevated view west across Union Square. Dewey Monument in place, first part of St. Francis Hotel complete. [F810 US-009] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union SquareUnbuilt
Contains 4015 photos
Noe near Ford
View southwest across empty lots toward 18th Street between Noe and Castro, the intersection of 18th and Hartford at center. 2 buildings are identifiable in this view, the current 4055 and 4063 (then 925) 18th Street still stand in 2021. Charles Gallagher Wood & Coal, 917 18th Street, visible at center with large doorway. Twin Peaks in the background. [18th St. above Castro. Twin Peaks] [F810 V-032] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Castro
View NW from Mint Hill
View northwest from the hill now known as Mint Hill at approximately Duboce and Webster. The image shows the result of a of a deluge/flood of water that passed overnight on March 14-15, 1862 through present day Lower Haight after a series of rainstorms. Buena Vista Hill at left, Lone Mountain in the distance at center. (JP) Watkins mammoth plate #289. [Lone Mountain from 15th & Market St. 1865 (Sic)] [F810 V-033] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) (Identical to wnp26.679 but with Behrman's labels)
Mint Hill
View NW from Nob Hill
View northwest to Russian Hill. [N.W. from Sacramento - Mason 1877 View towards Russian Hill. [F810 V-072] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Nob Hill
View NE from Nob Hill
[Telegraph Hill from Nob Hill S.F. 1887] Layman's Castle atop Telegraph Hill. Powell St. M.E. Church steeple at left, St. Francis of Assisi Church at center. Taken from approximately Powell and Sacramento. Same image as wnp37.00548, with different cropping. [F810 V-077] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Nob Hill
Noe Valley
View east from about Corbett near Hopkins today. Cropped from Watkins 2379, 'San Francisco from the Ocean House Road' [View of San Francisco from Ocean House Road] House with windmill in foreground] [F810 V-080] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Upper Market
2nd & Folsom
View northwest from 2nd Street just south of Folsom. At left is the home of William C. Talbot, 612 Folsom. At left are the twin spires of Howard Street Methodist Church. At right is the spire of the Episcopalian Church of the Advent, also on Howard. Temple Emanu-El is visible in the distance. [Looking NW from 2nd - Folsom Sts. 1866] [F810 V-084] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Rincon Hill
Vallejo St. Wharf
[Vallejo St. Wharf 1865 WA-7] View west towards Telegraph Hill and waterfront from Vallejo Street Wharf. Stagecoaches in foreground. [F810 WA-007] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
View from Portola
View northeast from Portola toward Noe Valley in foreground, downtown, Bay Bridge. 25th Street in foreground. Horse grazing. Alvarado School, Castro Hill.
Upper Market
San Jose near Niagara
View north on San Jose from Niagara. Municipal Railway bus yard. Elkton shops at center. San Miguel Hills (future Diamond Heights) in background.
Cayuga
Central Freeway
View east possibly from Hamm's Brewery. Central freeway and US 101 interchange. View over south of Market and Mission Bay. China Basin Building in center background.
Mission
Civic Center
View east from Hyde and Fulton. Auto entrance to Brooks Hall at current site of main library. People in business attire. City Hall. United Service Organization (USO) Hospitality House (later San Francisco City offices) at left. Yellow cab.
Civic Center
Telegraph Hill from Bay
View south from the Bay toward Telegraph Hill, Coit Tower. Pier 39, States Marine-Isthmian. Cargo ship at center.
Telegraph Hill
View south from the Bay toward Telegraph Hill, Coit Tower. Pier 39 at left, Marine Terminals Corp. Cargo ships at center.
City Hall
View west from Market and Fulton toward City Hall (now site of UN Plaza). Orpheum Theatre at left. Old Main Library (later Asian Art Museum) and Federal Office Building on right.
Civic Center