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View northeast over Chinatown and North Beach from Top of the Mark. Telegraph Hill and Coit Tower. St. Francis of Assisi Church at center. Washington Square and Ss. Peter & Paul Church at left. Ping Yuen public housing project at bottom left.
Telegraph Hill
View northeast from the top of the Wells Fargo Building at Sutter & Montgomery. Many buildings went up at this time. Alcoa building (One Maritime Plaza, opened 1967) still under construction. J. Harold Dollar Building, at bottom, Bethlehem Steel Building (100 California) at far right. Embarcadero Freeway.
Financial District
View southeast across fishing boats (including 'Miranda' and 'Terry') in basin to Crab Fishermen's Protective Association building (Tarantino's Restaurant since 1946) at left. Coit Tower, Gas Works, Bal Tabarin Foods at 237 Jefferson St. in background center, DiMaggio's Restaurant.
Fishermans Wharf
View northwest to Golden Gate Bridge, Fort Mason, Municipal Pier, Aquatic Park, Haslett Warehouse, Del Monte Cannery buildings, North Beach, Standard Oil fuel storage tanks, rail yard. San Francisco Tower of Art Institute at far left center.
Telegraph Hill
View southwest to fishing boats in lagoon, Russian Hill. Warehouses, fuel storage tanks.
Fishermans Wharf
Tower viewed from approaching ferryboat. "Welcome to San Francisco" sign.
Financial District
Taylor near Jefferson St. View north to Checker Cab in front of Alioto's, Fishermen's Grotto, Pier 45 Matson Terminals.
Fishermans Wharf
View northwest past SF Gas Building, Fontana Warehouse. Harbor View Resorts roughly where Palace of Fine Arts was later built. Sand hills graded flat and sea wall constructed, but the United Railroads powerhouse and landmark chimney (constructed 1902) not in evidence. Steam shovel-like machine near Fontana Warehouse may be one of the bucket conveyor excavators that devoured the sand hills. (BB)
Russian Hill
View north from Telegraph Hill To Alcatraz, Angel Island, Belvedere, Mt. Tamalpais. Remains of Meiggs' Wharf at left. Seawall and warehouses along future Embarcadero. Lagoon would soon be filled. [B 844 View of San Francisco Bay and Alcatraz Island.]
Telegraph Hill
Elevated view northeast across Embarcadero to original Ferry Building with carriages, cabs, and cable cars in front. Cable car #13 of Market Street Cable Railway Co on turntable. Station D Post Office (Opened October, 1884). [San Francisco Ferry Landing. A. J. McDonald]
Financial District
Elevated view northeast to group of men and a few women, marching band, cable cars, and horse cars. Men are mostly in uniforms or Odd Fellows costumes in front of original Ferry Building. Station D Post Office (Opened October, 1884). Valencia Street #18 cable car on turntable at center. Likely on the occasion of the arrival of IOOF Grand Sire John H. White on October 3, 1887. [Odd Fellows Receiving 'Grand Sire' at Ferry Landing. Foot of Market St., S. F. CAL. A. J. McDonald]
Financial District
[475 Alcatraz Island Perkins] View north from North Beach, between Hyde and Leavenworth. Old houses on Bay Street.
Russian Hill
View northeast across Embarcadero to original Ferry Building 'C.P.R.R. Oakland, Alameda & Berkeley Ferry' terminal. Market Street Cable Railway Co. cable cars and horse cars. Signage for real estate auctions for Lincoln, Placer County. Station D Post Office (Opened October, 1884). [451 Ferry Landing, San Francisco]
Financial District
View east over North Beach. L to R: Telegraph Hill, Goat Island (Yerba Buena Island), St. Francis of Assisi Church on Vallejo St. at right. Taber B 204.
Russian Hill
[B 203. Bay View from Russian Hill, San Francisco.] View northeast to bay and northern Telegraph Hill. Seawall under construction. Toland Medical College and Home for the Inebriate in distance on Stockton St.
Russian Hill