Buena Vista Park
1526 Masonic Collection [H], View east from backyard of 1526 Masonic. House on Buena Vista Ave. West and Buena Vista Park in background.
Buena VistaContains 274 photos
1526 Masonic Collection [H], View east from backyard of 1526 Masonic. House on Buena Vista Ave. West and Buena Vista Park in background.
Buena Vista
Lotta's Fountain. Ferry Building in distance. Grand Hotel, Palace Hotel at right, Chronicle Building at left.
Downtown
Steel Bridge (Roebling Suspension Bridge) over Middle Drive, view west toward the current Aids Grove. The bridge led from the second Music Concourse and Bandshell (site of today's tennis courts) toward the Conservatory of Flowers and avoided equestrian traffic.
Golden Gate Park
Wagon on Main Street. Ready for crosscountry walker, New York to San Francisco. "Coney Island Carriage" ? In front of Gail G. Grant Co.
Outside SF
View south on Grant Avenue in Chinatown, between Sacramento and California Streets. Canton Bazaar at left, Sing Fat Co., Astoria Hotel in distance.
Chinatown
View across intersection to northwest corner of Columbus & Kearny St. Hotel Vendome. Streetcar #16. In distance left, St. Francis of Assisi Church being rebuilt, with ladders and scaffolding. At right, Hotel Broadway, New Commerce Hotel. At far left Hirsch Bros. clothing.
North Beach
View east from center of Ellis. Humboldt Bank Building, Roos Bros. Clothing, California Theatre in background. On left, Painless Parker Dentist, Federal Grill, Hotel Cort. The Crystal Inn at right in West Bank Building.
Downtown
Portola Festival Parade, View east from center of Market toward Mason, Market, Turk intersection, Dean Building, Admission Day (Native Sons) Monument, Mechanics Savings Bank Building, Flood Building, Emporium in background.
Downtown
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view west up California Street. Fairmont Hotel, Old St. Mary's Cathedral Grace Church in distance. Kohl Building, Parrott Block. Bank of California under construction at Sansome corner at right. Fireman's Fund Building across Sansome at left reduced to 2 stories and partially restored. At far left, Mutual Life Insurance Building. In distance left, Merchants Exchange Building. Beyond Bank of California construction at right, London & San Francisco Bank Building with flag on roof, showing earthquake damage to exterior, but occupied by Otis, Mc Allister & Co. coffee importers starting in late June, 1906. Just beyond, 3 story building with light granite facade is Mercantile Trust Co. building (Albert Pissis, Architect, 1903)
Financial District
View west up California. Fife Building at left, which opened in 1909; ex-Sutro Railroad 5-Line street car. Flags and banners strung across street, probably for the 1909 Portola Festival. Marine Building, Merchants Exchange in distance center.
Financial District
View east to O'Farrell-Jones & Hyde Street Cable Car, Call Building and Kamm Building in background left. Orpheum (later Columbia) Theatre and Orpheum Annex Hotel on right, Phelan Building in distance.. Keiner's and Tait-Zinkand Cafe, Hotel Adena on left. Richard Valentine Tailor on right.
Downtown / Union Square
View of curved section of streetcar track. Accident report image from United Railroads Claims Dept. [U03010]
Tenderloin
View north across McAllister of storefronts between Fillmore and Webster, to New Palm Bakery, F. Thomas Parisian Dyeing and Cleaning Works, Atlas Furniture and Auction (1140-1150 McAllister), Modern Market, Palm Home Bakery.
Western Addition
View northwest from Embarcadero. Horse drawn wagon at right.
Financial District
View northwest to Old U.S. Mint at intersection of 5th and Mission Streets. Ivy covers portion of facade. Workers work on tracks in street. [18336 U.S. Mint]
South of Market