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View east from jetty at approximately Jefferson Street to Telegraph Hill. Meiggs' Wharf, Toland Medical College (with cupola) and Home For The Inebriate in the middle distance. Apparently cropped from Watkins Mammoth Plate 284, "Meiggs Wharf and Telegraph Hill from North Point, San Francisco"
Fishermans Wharf
View north from Russian Hill to SF Bay, Alcatraz and Angel Island. Meiggs' Wharf at right.
Russian Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest along Embarcadero (then East St) near foot of Clay. Produce District in ruins, many military tents. St. Francis of Assisi church steeples at left, U.S. Restaurant, Telegraph Hill in background.
Financial District
View east towards Ferry Building Southern Pacific Building, Yerba Buena and Treasure Island and Bay Bridge. To right of center, Colonial tower of the Home Insurance Company Building built 1951, demolished 1983). At far left, Hall of Justice and County Jail on Portsmouth Square, U.S. Appraisers Building.
Nob Hill
View southwest across fishing boat basin to Russian Hill in background. DiMaggio's and Rosario's restaurants, aquarium, fuel storage tanks with winged Chevron logo on side. Fishing boats, including 'Dana T'.
Fishermans Wharf
View northeast from Mark Hopkins Hotel on Nob Hill over Chinatown and North Beach . St. Francis of Assisi Church at center on Vallejo near Columbus.
Nob Hill
View east down California Street to Ferry Building, Bay Bridge. Southern Pacific Building with S-P sign atop, PG&E and Matson Lines Buildings. Home Insurance Company Building with Colonial tower, Financial Center Building, later Omni Hotel. Clunie Building with Bank of America sign on west wall. Original Federal Reserve Bank, Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished), Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery).
Nob Hill
View south from Hyde St. Pier to rowing clubs at foot of Hyde Street and Russian Hill. Scow schooner 'Alma' in foreground before being fitted with masts and rigging. Haslett Warehouse on left, Ghirardelli Square and clock tower to right.
Fishermans Wharf
View north from Brocklebank Apartments building. Alcatraz and Angel Islands in distance. Ss. Peter & Paul Roman Catholic Church. Gasometer (gas holding tank).
Nob Hill
View west on Brannan from 1st Street (now Delancey). H.S. Crocker, stationery and printing building still stands (2020)at 250 Brannan. Rosenberg Brothers & Co. dried fruits and D.N. & E. Walter Company warehouse at 2nd Street all still stand. (part of the South of Market Historic Resource Survey). New Neptune Restaurant and Coffee Saloon, Marine Sheet Metal and Plumbing Co. at right. [dpwbook27 dpw6696]
South Beach
View northwest across Embarcadero to abandoned Sailors' Home (formerly a U.S. Marine Hospital) at right at corner of Spear & Harrison. Pacific Pipe Co. 451 Main. Sherman Clay warehouse at right, known as Hathaway Warehouse, 400 Spear St. still stands in 2021, converted to housing. Hobart Building in distance left. [Block bounded by Main-Spear-Harrison and The Embarcadero] [dpwbook29 dpw7023] (The U.S.Marine Hospital opened in 1853 but later moved to the Presidio in 1875. This large building then became a sailor's boarding home operated by the Ladies' Seaman's Friend Society.)
Rincon Hill
View southeast, including Fort Mason, Aquatic Park site and Fontana Warehouse, Ghirardelli factory, North Beach, Russian Hill , Fishermans Wharf, Haslett Warehouse and adjacent Cannery. Telegraph Hill, Russian Hill. Nob Hill and Downtown in distance. [dpwbook30 dpw7287]
View east, including Fort Mason, Aquatic Park site and Fontana Warehouse, Ghirardelli factory, North Beach, Russian Hill and reservoirs, Fishermans Wharf, Haslett Warehouse and adjacent Cannery. Telegraph Hill, Russian Hill. Downtown in distance. [dpwbook30 dpw7288]
View southeast, including future Aquatic Park site and Fontana Warehouse, Ghirardelli factory, North Beach, Russian Hill, Fishermans Wharf, Haslett Warehouse and adjacent Cannery. Telegraph Hill, Russian Hill. Nob Hill and Downtown in distance. [dpwbook30 dpw7289]
Embarcadero south from Pier 29, Merchants Ice And Cold Storage Co. on right. [Embarcadero S. From Pier 26 (Sic)] [dpwbook31 dpw8057]
Northern Waterfront