California near Spring
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view east over downtown ruins towards Kohl Building at left and Merchants Exchange Building in process of reconstruction, right.
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Downtown Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire ruins, unknown location. Open vault door at right.
View SE from Telegraph Hill
View southeast from Coit Tower toward northern waterfront, piers, Embarcadero and Bay Bridge [Piers and Bay Bridge from Telegraph Hill]
Telegraph Hill
View N from Cliff House
View north toward Point Lobos (also called Parallel Point), Fisherman's Rock (Flag Rock) and Marin Headlands. [Pacific Ocean view from Cliff House]
Sutro Heights
Pt Lobos near Great Highway
View south past 3rd Cliff House to Ocean Beach, Lurline Pier, and Playland. [Cliff House, SF - at bottom of hill is amusement park]
Sutro Heights
Seal Rocks
Viewed from 3rd Cliff House. Terrace and Cliff House Observatory at bottom.
Sutro Heights
Ocean Beach
View northwest from Ocean Beach esplanade towards 3rd Cliff House and Seal Rocks.
Sutro Heights
McLaren Park
Unknown event, Large crowd of people gathered on open hillside. Autos parked nearby. Bernal Heights in the distance at right.
McLaren Park
View E from 450 Sutter
View looking east from 450 Sutter Street over financial district high-rises to bay. Ferry Building at left, warships at anchor at right. Mt. Diablo in far distance.
Downtown / Union Square
Downtown Aerial
Aerial view southwest over downtown. Ferry Building at bottom, Civic Center at upper left, Financial District high-rises at center, cemeteries, Panhandle and Golden Gate Park at top, Nob Hill hotels and apartment buildings at upper right. Heinz 57 Sign, Mobilgas sign atop Fife Building, pedestrian overpass and vehicle underpass in front of Ferry Building.
Financial District
SF Bay
View north to US Navy Fleet steaming in formation past north waterfront, viewed from Bay Bridge under construction. [the US Navy steamed through the Golden Gate and anchored in San Francisco Bay for a nine-day stay. ...USS aircraft Carrier Lexington ... dirigible Macon] Cameraman in foreground.
View from Bay Bridge
View northwest from under construction Bay Bridge. [night picture of SF's business district, with Ferry Building at extreme right, shows what the motorist will see from the SF-Oakland Bay Bridge after sunset ... over the $77,000,000 structure which will be opened to traffic on Nov. 12]
Pine & Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west on Pine from Market and Davis. Board of Trade Building (Union Block) at left. Merchants Exchange (with turret) in the distance.
Financial District
Clay St Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view east on Clay Street towards Ferry Building. Kohl and Merchants Exchange Buildings at right. (Not sure of cross street)
Leavenworth & Bush
View southwest from rooftop at approximately Leavenworth & Bush to early reconstruction and establishment of retail district on Van Ness Avenue. St. Mary's Cathedral at left center, temporary Emporium at Post and Van Ness at far right. Broken chimney at center is part of ruins of Sutter Street Cable Railway powerhouse at Sutter and Polk. Beyond it and to the right is the Ladies Protection and Relief Society orphanage, on the east side of Franklin, between Geary and Post. In distance Buena Vista Park, Mt. Sutro, San Miguel Hills.
Lower Nob Hill