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View northwest to approaching southbound Market St. Railway (MSRy) 14-Line streetcar #1618. St John the Evangelist Catholic Church (1893), St. John's School (1910, later demolished) and St. John Ursuline Convent (1916) in background beyond streetcar. Future Diamond Heights and Fairmount Tract in background left.
Mission Terrace
Looking towards Market Street
Twin Peaks
View east towards Golden Gate Bridge construction. Former steam train and streetcar right-of-way in foreground after removal of rails.
Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view northeast over earthquake and fire damage. Collapsed brick chimney in foreground left. Ruins of City Hall at left, Nob Hill, Flood Mansion and Fairmont Hotel in background left. Main U.S. post office, Union Square buildings and Call Building background right. Some temporary buildings in Mission, a few more than in wnp15.289 and wnp15.288.
Dolores Heights
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view easterly from about Mason near Union toward Telegraph Hill. Washington Square (with trees) at center. Filbert and Union streets are notable in the background. [Towards Telegraph Hill across Washington Square]
Telegraph Hill
View Northeast, toward Corona Heights. intersection of 18th & Market, Corbett Road visible, downtown. [View from Twin Peaks, San Francisco]
Clarendon Heights
view of Haight Ashbury looking North
Clarendon Heights
Backyard gardener, looking northeast from about Goettingen Street. Cleared land for Bayshore Freeway in background. Mt. St. Joseph's Orphanage on the tree-lined hill in background. Kroehler Manufacturing Building at right still stands at 1485 Bayshore Blvd. (27 Brussells Street at right. Gas storage tanks in distance at Cesar Chavez (then Army) and Evans, and at Pennsylvania near 23rd were later removed.
Portola
View North from Pacific Heights toward Golden Gate Bridge, Marin County, and warship in bay.
Pacific Heights
View North toward SF Bay, SF Gas works and gasometer at center.
Pacific Heights
View southeast from bay to sailboat and crowds watching from ships tied up along Meigg's Wharf. Observers even climbing rigging to get a better view. Telegraph Hill in background. California Wire Works at right. Taken near today's Fisherman's Wharf.
View northeast from Twin Peaks Boulevard toward downtown, Bay Bridge, and Yerba Buena Island. Noe Valley, Eureka Valley, Castro Hill in the foreground. Alvarado School at lower right. [Oakland and San Francisco Bridge in distance April 22, 1937]
Noe Valley
Clayton Street looking Northerly towards Corbett, before sidewalks installed, tracks of the 33-line (18th & Park Line) at left.
Eureka Valley
Men, steam shovel, and horses grade roadway. [Twin Peaks road construction][dpw2554]
Clarendon Heights
View northerly from about Rome near Ottawa. West End Creek cuts across foreground. Silted area mid photo had recently been Lake Geneva. Mt. Davidson, San Miguel Hills (Diamond Heights), Geneva Car House in background [DPW 2229]
Cayuga