View from Telegraph Hill
View southwest from Telegraph Hill across Washington Square (before major landscaping). Jobson's Observatory (1861-1869) on top of Russian Hill
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California & Mason
[523. The City-From corner California and Mason Street, looking Southeast.] Temple Emanu El at left
Nob Hill
Second & Folsom
[376. City and Bay from Rincon Hill; San Francisco.] View northeast above octagon house at 329 Second Street, owned by Wales L. Palmer to waterfront.
South of Market
California & Stockton
[354. California Street, from corner Stockton, looking east, San Francisco.] Old St. Mary's Church at left First Congregational Church (until 1872) at right, ships in distance.
Chinatown
Pine near Powell
View southeast across Union Square to Mission Bay. Temple Emanu-El and Thomas Starr King's First Unitarian Church
Nob Hill
View from 3rd & Market
[558. View from the Nucleus Hotel-corner Market and Third Street, looking west.] Elevated view looking northwest. Temple Emanu-el at center, Denman School in distance left. The big brick structure in the middle right is Dashaway Hall with its front on Post between Kearny and Dupont (now Grant), and its rear on Morton Street (Maiden Lane). White building to right of Temple Emanu-el with gables and veranda, at northwest corner of Sutter & Stockton, was the mansion of pioneer physician Augustus J. Bowie until 1871, when it was converted to a theatre and beer garden, the Vienna Garden. It was demolished in 1892. Also the home of Judge Burritt and banker Lucien Herman
South of Market
View W from Telegraph Hill
View west from the northern slope of Telegraph Hill showing North Beach, sand dunes of White Point, Black Point (today's Fort Mason), and the Golden Gate beyond. [429. Black Point and Golden Gate, From Telegraph Hill, SF]
Telegraph Hill
View NE from Russian Hill
Meiggs' Wharf at left. Extended from present Francisco St. between Mason and Powell to approximately today's Embarcadero. At Francisco St. end, Abe Warner's Cobweb Palace saloon. [432. North Beach and Meiggs' Wharf, from Russian Hill.]
Russian Hill
View from Market & 3rd
[559. View from the Nucleus Hotel, corner Market and Third Streets, looking North-west.] Every building on the west side of Kearny (foreground), from Market to Broadway, was demolished or had the front sliced off during 1866-1868 to allow for the widening of Kearny Street.
South of Market
View of Telegraph Hill
Elevated view north across Market St. to Telegraph Hill. St. Francis of Assisi Church in distance left. [560. Telegraph Hill-From the Nucleus Hotel, corner Market and Third Streets.]
South of Market
Russian Hill
[Panorama from Russian Hill, San Francisco. (no. 3.) 764] Looking NW from the Summit at Green and Jones. Looking toward the Golden Gate. Large road in center is Union Street. Octagon House at lower left, reservoir at upper right.
Russian Hill
Washington Square
View southwest over North Beach. Union Street at left, Washington Square and flagpole at center. Major grading and landscaping of Washington Square was completed in April, 1869. Omnibus Railroad horsecar at northwest corner of Square on Powell St. Same image as wnp71.1480. [Panorama from Telegraph Hill (no. 19) 1356. Washington Square.]
Telegraph Hill
View from Rincon Hill
[View from Rincon Hill, San Francisco. 521.] Looking northeast across 2nd street. Telegraph Hill in distance, St. Francis of Assisi church on horizon, center.
South of Market
Greenwich & Kearny
View west over North Beach towards Golden Gate. Sand dunes of White Point at center right, with Black Point (later Fort Mason) beyond. Entry arch and tollbooth for Bay Shore & Fort Point Road on White Point, where sandy portion begins at water. [Golden Gate, San Francisco. 669.]
Telegraph Hill
Grant near California
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View North on Dupont (now Grant Avenue) near California, ruins of Sing Fat Company at right, Telegraph Hill in distance [Dupont Chinatown]
Chinatown