23rd & Castro
Cable car tracks in street. Landscaping on hillside for 1915 Fair and City Beautiful movement, Twin Peaks and Mt. Davidson in background. Duplicate of wnp37.02660
Noe ValleyVista
Contains 7784 photos
Cole Valley
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west to Stanyan Street. Earthquake refugee tents on open fields. Taken near Belvedere and Alma.
Ashbury Heights
Dolores Park
Woman in two-tier long dress in Dolores Park, the latest style. View northeast toward downtown on a hazy day. (Duplicate of wnp37.04324)
Mission Dolores
Fort Winfield Scott
Presidio of San Francisco. View west to two 15-inch caliber Rodman cannon in 'West Battery,' located on bluff southwest of Fort Point. Golden Gate straits and Point Bonita in background. [B 191. Point Bonita from Fort Winfield Scott, Entrance to Golden Gate. S. F. Watkins' New Boudoir Series Yo Semite and Pacific Coast, 427 Montgomery Street]
Presidio
View W from Russian Hill
[From Lombard & Larkin] Looking northwest past houses on west side of Larkin over gas works undeveloped Harbor View towards Presidio and Golden Gate.
Russian Hill
Treasure Island
Night view from Yerba Buena Island of Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island. Tower of the Sun at center
Yerba Buena Island
View from Nob Hill
[Panorama from California and Powell Streets 1763] Looking northeast over Chinatown to Telegraph Hill
Nob Hill
View N from Russian Hill
Looking north between residences to Bay, ships, Alcatraz and Angel Island.Taken from near Black Place and Union Street.
Russian Hill
View from Buena Vista Park
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View East from Buena Vista Park. 'Ham and Eggs Fire' with billowing smoke. Sacred Heart Church (Fillmore & Fell) at middle left. [No 81-R (partly illegible)]
Buena Vista
Great White Fleet
Great White Fleet entering bay, passing between Alcatraz and Telegraph Hill. Viewed from Alcatraz. [-20-] Two guards carrying rifles are visible at lower left, indicating the group of people were military convicts being kept under guard.
Market near 6th
Elevated view northeast to parade heading west on Market Street, celebrating the arrival of the Great White Fleet. St. Francis Hotel, Hotel Hamilton, Shirley's Billiards, Dean Building (built 1906, demolished 2018), Mechanic's Savings Bank Building, Flood Building. Large flagpoles set up on both sides of Market.
South of Market
Bay Bridge
View of suspension span section of bridge while under construction, looking toward Twin Peaks. Coastal passenger steamer passing beneath bridge.
Market & 3rd
Elevated view northeast on Market across 3rd Street. Lotta's Fountain, Masonic Temple spire at left. Nucleus Block, Palace Hotel, Grand Hotel at right. Notably absent is Chronicle Building, completed 1890. Utility poles with 7 crossbars on north side of Market.[B 522 Market Street from Third Street, San Francisco, looking east]
South of Market
Civic Center
Elevated view of Civic Center Plaza with very large crowd gathered; new City Hall; State Building; Hotel Mimosa in foreground
Civic Center
View from Pacific Heights
View north to early Cow Hollow homes; Presidio beach and tidal slough. Harbor View at center. Fort Point and Marin Headlands. Large corner mansion with tower and gardens front and back was at southwest corner of Pierce and Union and built circa 1884 by wealthy attorney and landowner David Bixler. Four story windmill and water tank on Union above Pierce. House at center with Mansard roof was home of Louis Schultz at 2426 Filbert. Probably taken from near Broadway and Fillmore. Darker version with different cropping and less detail at wnp71.1455.
Pacific Heights