View from Telegraph Hill
View west to Fort Mason (Black Point), Fort Point and Golden Gate, Selby Smelting Works. [213. Golden Gate and Bay from Telegraph Hill; Waters Nickel Series]
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Ferry Building from bay
View west to Ferry slips, tower, and Southern Pacific Building, Heinz 57 sign.
View from SF Bay
View northeast from ferry boat toward downtown SF and Ferry Building. Pacific Telephone Building, Shell Building (completed 1929) under construction, Russ Building (1927). 57 sign, Wellman Coffee sign. [Home San Francisco's tug line 102]
SF Bay
Market & Embarcadero
View east across Embarcadero to man posing, Ferry Building in background.
Financial District
Ferry Building
View northwest from ferryboat on Bay. 57 sign on left, Wellman Coffee sign on right.
Sansome and Chestnut
View north to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 42-Line #811 at terminus. In background, Luckenbach Shipping Co. in Piers 29 and 31.
Northern Waterfront
View from Coit Tower
Bay Bridge under construction. View from Coit Tower towards Montgomery and Alta. Ferry Building, State Belt Railroad yard.
Telegraph Hill
View SE from Telegraph Hill
View southeast from Telegraph Hill to suspension section of Bay Bridge under construction, Ferry Building with pedestrian overpass and vehicle underpass, State Agriculture Building, Ferry Station Post Office, Sherwin-Williams electric sign, Southern Pacific Building (later One Market). Tower of Hills Brothers coffee plant.
Telegraph Hill
View SE from Telegraph Hill
View southeast towards Ferry Building, Bay Bridge under construction (single tower). In foreground, older historic houses (which mostly still stand in 2025) on Telegraph Hill along Montgomery Street around Union and Alta Streets. Beyond, Albers Bros. Milling Co., Planter's Peanut factory, Wellman Coffee building with large electric sign atop, Ferry Station Post Office. In background, many ships in bay, Southern Pacific Building (later One Market), Fife Building, Matson Building.
Telegraph Hill
Filbert & Embarcadero
View west across Embarcadero up Filbert and Filbert Steps to Coit Tower/Telegraph Hill. Gibraltar Warehouses, American Salvage Co., New Deal Restaurant (901 Embarcadero), Julius Castle. Filbert Steps, boxcars.
Northern Waterfront
Fisherman's Wharf
View northwest to fishing boats, near the end of Pier 45. Marin Headlands and Golden Gate Bridge beyond. Hyde Street Ferry in distance.
Fishermans Wharf
View from Telegraph Hill
Looking northwest. Marin Headlands, Aquatic Park, Fisherman's Wharf, North Beach, Embarcadero, Mt. Tamalpais. Circular area at center at foot of Powell Street is site of former gasometer (gas holding tank).
Telegraph Hill
San Francisco skyline
Viewed from the bay. Ferries in bay. Ferry Building at right. Scanned from original negative. No negative. 57 Sign.
View from Telegraph Hill
View north over Embarcadero towards piers and Alcatraz, State Belt Railroad, box cars. At bottom center 290 Lombard, Art Moderne apartment building, Architect: H.C. Baumann, built 1940.
Telegraph Hill
View from Telegraph Hill
View northwest over North Beach, Fisherman's Wharf, Fort Mason, Hyde St. Pier, Haslett Warehouse and Cannery buildings, Ghirardelli factory, Aquatic Park, gas works, gas storage tank (gasometer) at foot of Powell St. Mount Tamalpais and Marin Headlands in distance.
Telegraph Hill