San Bruno & Campbell
View south from San Bruno Avenue. Market Street Railway MSRY 16-line streetcar #598, Visitacion Valley and San Bruno Mountain in background.
Visitacion ValleyVista
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Onondaga & Alemany
View northwest from southeast corner of Onondaga and Alemany. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 12-line Streetcar #1589, Mt Davidson (cross) in background. Left corner became Garrett's Ice Cream Parlor in 1950s.
Cayuga
Castro & 20th
View north on Castro at 20th Street. Castro Cable Car #6 crossing the intersection
Eureka Valley
18th near Iowa
View east on 18th Street overpass from Iowa Street to approaching Municipal Railway (Muni) 22-line streetcar #876 with zip stripe livery. The I-280 Freeway now passes through this site, and this bridge was replaced by the current overpass. The warehouses on both sides of the opposite end of the bridge were demolished in 2017.
Potrero Hill
Stanyan near Waller
View northeast across Stanyan between Waller and Haight Sts.to Municipal Railway (Muni) 7-line streetcar #147 passing San Francisco Riding Academy .
Golden Gate Park
Stanyan near Frederick
View north on Stanyan between Carl and Frederick. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 6-line streetcar #166, dash sign reads Exposition.
Parnassus Heights
Fort Point
Fort Point viewed from hill south of fort. Construction materials, water flume, lighthouse keeper's house. Steamer heading out Golden Gate. Marin Headlands in distance. [982. Fort Point and Golden Gate, San Francisco, Cal.]
Presidio
Washington & Laurel
View north from Presidio Heights toward the Presidio and Tennessee Hollow. Main Post at left, Marin Headlands in the distance. Large duplex home at Washington and Laurel, (built 1896 for Mercantile Bank President John D. McKee, demolished 1957) in the foreground.
Presidio Heights
Van Ness near Grove
Elevated view south on Van Ness Avenue between Grove and Hayes, crowd assembled for a naval parade related to the visit of the Atlantic Fleet (Great White Fleet). Grand Central Hotel (10th & Market) at left. Potrero Hill in the background left. [No. 49, Naval Parade, May 8th, 1908]
Civic Center
Fairmont Hotel
Elevated view toward Fairmont Hotel on California and Mason.
Nob Hill
Southern Embarcadero
Elevated view north from Pier 46 towards Pier 44 near Berry Street. Ferry Building , U.S. Marine Hospital, Sherman Clay Warehouse in the distance at left. First two piers (Piers 44 and 42) no longer exist, now this is South Beach Harbor. Yerba Buena Island at right.
South Beach
Civic Center
Elevated wide angle view southwest from the top of the Main Library (now Asian Art Museum) showing Civic Auditorium, Masonic Temple and City Hall. Entrances to Civic Center Plaza flanked by animal statues.
Civic Center
View from Buena Vista Park
View northeast from Buena Vista Park. City Hall under construction.
Buena Vista
View from Pacific Heights
View southwest toward the Alta Plaza Apartments (2500 Steiner) and Alta Plaza beyond, taken from 2400 Pacific.
Pacific Heights
Hunters Point
Distant view of dry-docks and powerhouse at Hunters Point. This entire area became part of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, and all buildings in this view except for the powerhouse were demolished afterwards.
Hunters Point