Market & Leavenworth
View north on Leavenworth on Market (now site of UN Plaza). Federal Office Building. Empire Hotel (now part of Hastings Law School).
South of MarketUnbuilt
Contains 4015 photos
Pacific Mail Steamship Co. Dock
Elevated view east From Rincon Hill to Pacific Mail dock with sidewheel steamer boats (Steamer Colorado at center, built 1865, scrapped 1879, Steamer Senator at right (1865-1882)), sailing ships and Yerba Buena Island in background. Oriental Warehouse (built 1867, still stands 2021 at 650 Delancey St.) at left. Three part wooden structure at center is Occidental Warehouse, used for grain storage, with blacksmith and boiler shops to the left. Ad for C.C. Hastings & Co. Clothing at Lick House, 'Use IXL Bitters' on fence. May be part of panorama with Carlton Watkins wnp71.2170. 'Senator' handwritten on photo far right center. From Watkins Mammoth Plate CEW 611 [Steamer 'Colorado' at the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's Docks SF 1872 No. 2] [F810 SH-072] Inferior quality version of wnp37.002
South Beach
Burnett near Hopkins
View of new construction with Twin Peaks behind. Retaining wall between Burnett Avenue with Gardenside Drive.
Upper Market
Market near Short
View east to Kite Hill, Corona Heights and downtown skyline. Roof of 154 Yukon Street on right.
Eureka Valley
View SE from Twin Peaks
View East from the south end of Twin Peaks above Portola Drive. Newly built Clipper Street extension at lower right. Bernal Heights, Hunters Point, Bayview Hill in background.
Midtown Terrace
View NE from Twin Peaks
View northeast from Twin Peaks. Market Street at left. Unbuilt lots on Burnett and Corbett in foreground
Upper Market
View NE from Twin Peaks
View northeast from Twin Peaks. Market Street at center. Corona Heights at left. Unbuilt lots on Burnett and Corbett in foreground
Upper Market
View S from Twin Peaks
View south toward Diamond Heights under construction. Bayview Hill in the background
Clarendon Heights
View S from Twin Peaks
View south toward Diamond Heights under construction. Bayview Hill in the background
Clarendon Heights
Telegraph Hill
[Photo 140 feet east of Battery St, north side of Broadway St., East side of Telegraph Hill, 1860] View west across wharf to American Russian Commercial Company (Sitka Ice) building, Cobble Stone Depot. ARCC imported ice from Alaska to California. [F810 TH-004] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Northern Waterfront
Russian Hill from Nob Hill
View northwest to Russian Hill and Jobson's Observatory (1861-1869). Alcatraz seen faintly at upper right. Same image as wnp37.01588, different cropping. [F810 V-121] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)[Russian Hill 186?] (Cropped version of WNP37.01588)
Nob Hill
View from Lafayette Park
[From Holliday (Sic) Hights (Sic) 1877 Looking NW] Should be Holladay Heights, present Lafayette Square. Wooden fences, some brick houses, hills. [F810 V-150] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) Same as Watkins Stereograph 2460. "Holladay Heights" was the 1866 mansion of Samuel W. Holladay.
Pacific Heights
El Camino del Mar near Lake
View northeast toward the Golden Gate. View across empty lot where 740 El Camino del Mar will be built.
Seacliff
Ocean Ave & I280
View northerly from Ocean Avenue at the Southern Pacific right-of-way just west of Balboa Park. Municipal Railway (Muni) K-Ingleside streetcar #1014 inbound at right. Ingleside Police Station at Balboa Park at center. Undeveloped San Miguel Hills (future Diamond Heights) in the background. the SP route would become BART's route, Interstate 280 will be built in the area the area just to the left.
Cayuga
Ocean Ave & I280
View east from Ocean Avenue at the Southern Pacific right-of-way just west of Balboa Park. Southern Pacific locomotive #1361 crossing Ocean Avenue. Balboa Park in the background. Automobiles backed up as train crosses. The SP route would become BART's route, Interstate 280 will be built in the area the area just to the left.
Cayuga