Contains 769 photos
Sacramento and Clay Line Cable Car #21. Elevated view north on Embarcadero from Ferry Building pedestrian overpass. Vehicle underpass at right. Harbor Garage in Union Center Building, Gilmore gasoline ad, Convey & Sons meat market, Dry cleaners, Williams Bros. cigars, cigarettes & candies, New Post Office Candy Store, Salvation Army, Ferry Station Post Office and Wellman Coffee.
Financial District
Elevated view southeast from near Market Street & Embarcadero to original Ferry Building. Horse cars lined up, one Cable Car from Market Street Cable Railway Co. (founded 1882 by Leland Stanford), Stage coach. [Edward H. Kemp Lantern Slides]
Financial District
View north with Angel Island in background. Piers 33 and Pier 35. At left, 290 Lombard, Art Moderne apartment building, Architect: H.C. Baumann, built 1940.
Telegraph Hill
View north with Angel Island and Alcatraz in background. Old Pier 39 and Balclutha, Fisherman's Wharf. At right 290 Lombard, Art Moderne apartment building, Architect: H.C. Baumann, built 1940. At center left, area where gas holding tank (gasometer) has been removed.
Telegraph Hill
View north to Angel Island and Alcatraz. At right 290 Lombard, Art Moderne apartment building, Architect: H.C. Baumann, built 1940. At left, gas holding tank (gasometer) at foot of Powell St.
Telegraph Hill
Motorized trolley 'Side Walk Car' and passengers. James Rolph & Co. Coal Bunkers at Pier 15.
Northern Waterfront
[Panorama from Russian Hill, San Francisco (No. 9.) 770. Watkins' Pacific Coast] Looking southeast from approximately Vallejo near Taylor. Vallejo St. at left, Metropolitan Hotel Stable and Temple Sherith Israel (Later congregation Shaari Zedek, 1854 on Stockton between Broadway and Vallejo) Post Office and Custom House, center.
Russian Hill
[723 Looking down California St., From Nob Hill--Ferry Building and Bay in distance, San Francisco, U. S. A.] Two cable cars at center crossing Stockton Street. Shaari Zedek synagogue, Old St. Mary's Cathedral, Kohl Building.
Nob Hill
View west across Embarcadero and railroad tracks to warehouses, Telegraph Hill, and Coit Tower. George L. Burger Potatoes and Onions. National Ice and Cold Storage (Union & Battery).
Northern Waterfront
View east to Bay Bridge, entrance to Broadway Tunnel, Alfred's Restaurant, Embarcadero Freeway, Appraiser's Building. Bethlehem Steel Corp. Building / 100 California (1960, Welton D. Becket architect) at far right near SP sign. Telegraph Hill in distance left.
Russian Hill
View east to Bay Bridge, Victorian house on corner, Hills Brothers Coffee Plant (1922-24, George Kelham architect), Joseph Magnin Warehouse, One Harrison (1918, George Applegarth architect). Wiley Birdcage traffic signal on right corner.
Rincon Hill
View south from water toward Hyde Street Pier, Russian Hill, and Ghirardelli Square at right, Cannery, Haslett Warehouse at left.
Blurry view wesst from water to Ferry Building with 'Port of San Francisco' sign and downtown skyline. Notably missing is the Southern Pacific's S-P sign, installed in March 1954. Mobilgas sign atop Fife Building.
SF Bay
View from Bay Cruise boat at Pier 43 1/2 towards Russian Hill. Blurry.
Fishermans Wharf
View north to Embarcadero, sailing ship at left, Alcatraz, Angel Island. Gas storage tank (gasometer) at foot of Powell St. at far left.
Telegraph Hill