Oakland
Unknown Location, elevated view toward homes with curving street ( from the roof of a large building? Grand lake Theatre?)
Vista
Contains 7784 photos
Berkeley
Elevated view est toward Berkeley Hills from Unknown Location
Financial District
View east from the Mark Hopkins Hotel toward the Financial District, Bay Bridge, and Yerba Buena Island
Nob Hill
North Beach
View northeast from the Mark Hopkins Hotel toward North Beach and Coit Tower
Nob Hill
Russian Hill
View north from the Mark Hopkins Hotel toward Russian Hill, Alcatraz, and Angel Island. Sproule Mansion, Park Lane Apartments and Brocklebank Apartments in foreground. Gas storage tank at foot of Powell Street.
Nob Hill
Market near 2nd
View northeast down Market, probably from the Hobart Building. Yerba Buena Island and Ferry Building in the distance, Flatiron Building at lower left.
Financial District
Sutter & Sansome
Elevated view north from Market Street toward the intersection of Sutter and Sansome. Holbrook Building, Standard Oil Building (1922)at center, beyond it earlier Standard Oil Building (1912, 2 stories added in 1916) and Royal Insurance buildings. Anglo and London Paris National Bank (Albert Pissis, architect) in foreground center (with northern annex addition by architect George W. Kelham under construction) and Flatiron Building at left. Buildings on the right-hand side of Sansome, Including Anglo-California Trust at lower right, have since been demolished and replaced by the Crown Zellerbach Building and plaza.
Financial District
View from Mt. Davidson
View northeast from Mt. Davidson to Miraloma Park, Diamond Heights, Yerba Buena Island in the distance. Stanford Heights Reservoir at left. Ruth Asawa School of the Arts (McAteer High School) and some buildings in Diamond Heights not yet built. [This view from the top of Mt. Davidson Illustrates how new homes are creeping over the once barren hills of San Francisco]
Sherwood Forest
Golden Gate Park
View northwest across the Stadium and Polo Fields, crowds lined up along inner racetrack waiting for unknown event. A photographer setting up in the foreground. Golden Gate Park Stadium was proposed in 1904, delayed construction because of the 1906 earthquake and fire. Opened on July 4, 1906. It was envisioned as a multi-use stadium, but popularly called the Polo Field because that sport was played intermittently from the 1920s to 1960s.(JF)
Golden Gate Park
Lyon near Vallejo
View north on the Lyon Street Steps near Vallejo, 5 people posed near railing. [album page, May 1923]
Pacific Heights
Palace Hotel
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast across Market from Geary toward ruins of the Palace Hotel. [15. Ruins of the Palace Hotel] Debris chute at left leading to Chronicle Building.
Downtown / Union Square
Mason & Geary
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north on Mason St, First Congregational Church and Native Sons of the Golden West Building. [16. Mason Str North From Geary Lipman Photo] Fairmont Hotel in background. (Original print of wnp26.453)
Lower Nob Hill
California & Van Ness
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view looking northeast over burnt area towards Nob Hill and Russian Hill. Jones Street Tank in center distance. [1. Calf - Van-Ness Looking North East Lipman Photo]
Polk Gulch
Market & Powell
View east on Market St. [4. Market St. San Francisco, Cal. Call Bldg, Flood Bldg, Emporium] Cable cars, pedestrians. Ferry Building in distance.
Downtown / Union Square
Market near 4th
View east on Market St. to cable car, pedestrians, street sweeper. Chronicle Building at left. Ferry Building in distance. On right, Palace Hotel, Hearst Examiner Building, Call Building, Call Building Annex, Bancroft History Building, Sanborn Vail, Cineograph Theatre. [5. Market St. San Francisco, Cal. Call Building]
Downtown / Union Square