Mission District in ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast from Mission District across many blocks of rubble. In far distance, left, Flood Building, Chronicle Annex, Call Building, U.S. Post Office and Courthouse at 7th and Mission.
Vista
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View from Cliff House
View south from terrace behind Cliff House toward Ocean Beach Esplanade. Lurline Pier, two windmills, original Beach Chalet, and towers of the wireless station at Noriega St. visible in the distance.
Sutro Heights
24th & Rhode Island
View west on 24th Street at Rhode Island. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 35-line streetcar #812 at the eastern terminal. Motorman reversing the trolley poles. Twin Peaks in the distance.
Potrero Hill
South San Francisco
View north to Sign Hill near West Orange Avenue. Municipal Railway (MUNI) interurban 40-line streetcar #1230.
Outside SF
Ocean Beach
View north from the beach towards Seal Rocks and 3rd Cliff House. Marin Headlands and Navy four-stack destroyer in the distance.
Richmond Outer
The Golden Gate
View east from a ship toward the entrance to San Francisco Bay before construction of Golden Gate Bridge. Left to right: Lime Point in Marin Headlands, Angel Island, Berkeley hills, Fort Point, Presidio.
Outside SF
View from Berkeley Hills
View west from about the site of the UC Berkeley's Memorial Stadium toward SF Bay. UCB campanile at center. Mt. Tamalpais and SF Bay in distance.
Outside SF
Shafter near Hawes
Passenger train on railroad right of way between Shafter and Revere just east of Hawes, most likely carrying workers for Hunters Point Shipyard. Temporary passenger rail service was run from the Hunters Point shipyard to connect with Southern Pacific trains during World War 2. Hunters Point with worker housing in background.
Hunters Point
Market & Embarcadero
Elevated view southwest across the Ferry Loop with landscaped center median, and up Market Street, showing many streetcars on four tracks. Southern Pacific and Matson Buildings on left, Call and Hobart Buildings in distance, Fife Building with Chevrolet sign atop, Hotel Terminal, Heinz 57 sign. [Market Street from Ferry]
Financial District
Market & Embarcadero
Elevated view southwest across the Ferry Loop with landscaped center median, and up Market Street, showing many streetcars on four tracks. Southern Pacific and Matson Buildings on left, Call and Hobart Buildings in distance, Fife Building with Chevrolet sign atop, Hotel Terminal, Heinz 57 sign. [Market Street from Ferry]
Financial District
Market & Taylor
Elevated view southwest on Market showing the south side between 6th and 7th Streets. (Taken from the Warfield Building.) 1011-1015 market is indicated; the photo was taken as a record for Goudey Mortgage Loan Company [1103]
Tenderloin
View from Nob Hill
View northeast toward Telegraph Hill from the roof of Washington Grammar School on the southwest corner of Washington and Mason. St Francis of Assisi Church at center.
Nob Hill
Dogpatch
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view southeast from about 20th Street and Iowa (now the site of I-280 Freeway) toward Santa Fe Railroad Yard and 1906 Earthquake refugee camp outfitted with US Army tents. Minnesota Street worker cottages (the Pelton Cottages) at center. Irish Hill in background left. Hunters Point in distance right. Spreckels Sugar refinery in distance left.
Dogpatch
Golden Gate Bridge
View north from the Presidio, Golden Gate Bridge under construction. Cables strung but no roadway.[Golden Gate Bridge Piggott 1192?]
Presidio
Bay Bridge Off-ramp
View north on Fremont Street off-ramp near Harrison and Folsom toward downtown skyscrapers Hobart Building, Russ Building, Standard Oil, and Shell Building in the distance. [Taken from Max's car]
Rincon Hill