View S from Cliff House
View of Ocean Beach and Playland from Cliff House. Windmills
Sutro HeightsVista
Contains 7784 photos
View from Telegraph Hill
View east over waterfront and Embarcadero. Battleship tied up at Pier 29.
Telegraph Hill
S.P Passenger Train
No. 2461 Train No. 168 North of Tunnel No. 5
Outside SF
Fillmore and Pacific
Elevated view northwest across Fillmore to Broadway and Marina District beyond. Domed control booth for Market Street Railway (MSRy) Fillmore Hill counterbalance streetcar line on northwest corner of Broadway & Fillmore. Streetcar and Counterbalance car wait at hill crest.
Pacific Heights
View from Telegraph Hill
View southeasat from Telegraph Hill to Ferry Building and Bay Bridge
Telegraph Hill
View NW from Pacific Heights
View northwest from Pacific Heights about Broadway and Fillmore, over Cow Hollow toward the Golden Gate. Pierce St. runs across the view. Small church on Green St. built in 1887 with funds provided by Stephen S. Smith, deacon of Plymouth Congregational Church and publisher of the Pacific. In 1895, it became Pierce Street Congregational Church. Intersection at center right is Pierce and Union. Large southwest corner mansion with gardens front and back was built circa 1884 by wealthy attorney and landowner David Bixler. Four story windmill and water tank across Union. Home of Louis Schultz (1842-1909, brewer and capitalist) with Mansard roof to right of water tower, at 2426 (later 2466) Filbert, built no later than 1875, demolished 1948. Presidio, Fort Point, shoreline, Harbor View.
Pacific Heights
View from Mt. Sutro
Golden Gate Heights and Grand View Park
Forest Knolls
View from Russian Hill
View east toward Telegraph Hill with blimp overhead. Taken from near Taylor and Vallejo Streets. St. Francis of Assisi Church on Vallejo, beneath center. Tall Lyon sign atop Lyon Van & Storage on Stockton St. near Green at center left.
Russian Hill
View from Russian Hill
View east to blimp flying over Bay Bridge, financial district on right. Taken from near Taylor and Vallejo Streets. St. Francis of Assisi church at far left. United States Appraisers Building at 630 Sansome Street at center, to the righ, large SP sign atop Southern Pacific Building installed March, 1954. Mobilgas sign atop Fife Building.
Russian Hill
Ferry Building
View southwest from ferry boat on bay. Ferry Building, Southern Pacific Building, Fife Building, Hobart Building in background. [Burton Photo Album]
View up Market Street
Elevated view east from Hobart Building rooftop to Yerba Buena Island in the distance; From lower left, roof of Flatiron Building, Postal Telegraph Building, Fife Building, Ferry Building, Southern Pacific Building, Sheldon Building, Hooker & Lent Building with Cunard Line signage (renamed Cunard Building in 1917), Underwood Building. Dozens of streetcars on Market Street. Notably absent are Matson & PG&E Buildings (1923-1925). [Burton Photo Album]
Financial District
View up Market Street
Elevated view east from Hobart Building rooftop to Yerba Buena Island in the distance; From lower left, roof of Flatiron Building, Postal Telegraph Building, Fife Building, Ferry Building, Southern Pacific Building, Stevenson Building, Hooker & Lent Building with Cunard Line signage (renamed Cunard Building in 1917), Underwood Building 525 Market. Dozens of streetcars on Market Street. Notably absent are Matson & PG&E Buildings (1923-1925)
Financial District
View up California
Taken from Merchant's Exchange at California & Montgomery. Looking west to (left to right) Stanford Court, Fairmont Hotel, Old St. Mary's. [Burton Photo Album]
Financial District
View From Twin Peaks
Looking east to Corona Heights, Market Street, and Kite Hill with native grasses in foreground [Burton Photo Album]
Twin Peaks
Noe Valley
View from rooftop of house looking east to Potrero Hill. Intersection of Jersey and Diamond in foreground. [Burton Photo Album]
Noe Valley