Contains 274 photos
View east of a busy street scene, from center of Market St. from Montgomery St. toward the Ferry Building. At left Union Trust/Nevada Bank/Wells Fargo Building (1894-1966), original Hobart Building. Grand Hotel with Southern Pacific ticket office at right, Cunningham Block at 2nd Street corner beyond. [G45 SSS-037] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Financial District
View south on Fillmore Street after the earthquake and fire. Decorative steel arches at intersections installed in late 1907. [F45 SEF-019] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Japantown
Barbary Coast. View northeast across Pacific Street between Kearny & Montgomery to Hippodrome, Purcell's So Different Cafe, Old Gold, Thalia Dance Hall [Pacific St. BC-6][F810 BC-006] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
North Beach
Elevated view northwest to Niantic Building, with merchandise on sidewalk, men posed in front of stores. Bacon & Company printers; G. Onesti & Co.; Linsley & Collins produce. Cropped version of 37.00858, Watkins 2219 'Niantic Building, San Francisco'. [Niantic Bldg., NW cor Clay Sansome St. BU-15] [F810 BU-015] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Financial District
View west across Market to four story flatiron building with domed tower on corner, the Union Block (Board of Trade) Building. Sign for Sroufe & McCrum on 4th floor. Western Union Telegraph Co. [F810 BU-039] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) [Union Block Pine & Market 1888 BU-39]
Financial District
View northeast to man in bowler hat standing on Dupont (later Grant) Chinatown. Building at right was demolished in late 1887. [Dupont St. 1872 East side N. Clay St. C-11] [F810 C-011] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Chinatown
View east across 3rd in "Greek Town" area. Athens Restaurant & Oyster House, Smyrna Cafe 317 3rd, Constantinople Cafe 321 3rd.
South of Market
Post 1906 Earthquake, view north on Fillmore toward Sutter, the large King Solomon's Hall, 1745 Fillmore (built late 1905) at left. Franklin Hall in distance left. [Fillmore, San Francisco's principal business st., after the earthquake - (out)side burned district, Cal. Underwood U-91344 Fillmore St. May 1906 EF-83] [stereo] Horse drawn carts, barrels, many people walking] [F810 EF-083] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Japantown
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Five men in a wagon. [EF-97] [F810 EF-097] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
View northeast across Market to Haight St. cable car #22 in foreground, 3 others behind. St. Ann's Building, Baldwin Hotel in background. Utility poles with at least 11 crossbars on south side of Market. [F810 HO-005][Baldwin Hotel Powell-Market St 1887 HO-5] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Early construction of Clarendon Heights tank on what would become known as Tank Hill, view north toward Lone Mountain, Marin Headlands in distance. [186A]
Ashbury Heights
View west on Geary from the terminal of the former Geary, Park, & Ocean Railroad. Cable car on turntable. Flannery Building (with Electra-Vita sign), Lotta's Fountain in background. In distance, Mutual Savings Bank Building, Magee Building, Bankers Investment Building under construction. This is one of the last days of cable operations on the line. The cable franchise expired in 1912 and was almost immediately converted to electric operation. United Railroads United Railroads [U03277]
Downtown / Union Square
View southwest of reconstruction after 1906 earthquake. Merchants Exchange Building and Kohl Building in distance, London & San Francisco Insurance Co. Building between. W. Loaiza & Co. [4310 Sansome and Commercial streets looking w] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)
Financial District
Elevated view southwest to Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. building on corner.
Financial District
[Pic taken around 1902 of Alec Harden, left, and Arthur Outsen with team of horses used by Outsen Milling Company. Outsen is present co-owner; Harden just employe[sic]. (This was taken at 8th & Brannan Streets across street from old Sprekel's Sugar Refinery] (newsphoto, San Francisco Chronicle, p. 24, May 7 1961)
Showplace Square