Contains 769 photos
[Composition] Shipyard. Bow-on view of ship 'Green Port' tied up at pier. Built as the USS General S.D. Sturgis in 1943 in the Kaiser shipyard in Richmond, California. Converted to a civilian cargo ship and renamed Green Port in 1967. Scrapped in February, 1980 in Taiwan.
View East toward across fishing boat basint to Fishermen's Grotto, Alioto's and Tarantino's Restaurant from Jones Street.
View southeast to fishing boats in lagoon, including Shasta Anna and Florie. Rosario's, Tokyo Sukiyaki and DiMaggio's restaurants in background.
Fishermans Wharf
Bay Bridge Construction, View east from Rincon Hill about 1st between Harrison and Bryant. Tar paper shacks in the foreground (one reads 'Social Club'), Yerba Buena Island in the background. Hills Brothers Coffee Plant (1922-24, George Kelham architect), Joseph Magnin Warehouse, One Harrison (1918, George Applegarth architect);
Rincon Hill
View northwest toward downtown and Financial District from ferryboat. Ferry Building tower and Southern Pacific Building with S-P sign atop at far left. Lifeboat at right. Coit Tower and Telegraph Hill in distance right.
View southeast toward Pier 41 from bay. Pier 45 at right. Telegraph Hill, Coit Tower, Transamerica Pyramid, Bank of America and 650 California Buildings in background. Red and White Fleet tour boat at center..
View south toward Fisherman's Wharf. Pier 41 and sailing ship Balclutha on left. Red and White Fleet at Pier 43 1/2 at right. Tour boat Harbor Queen at center. Coit Tower, Transamerica Pyramid, Bank of America and 650 California Buildings in background.
View southeast from Mark Hopkins to Financial District and Bay Bridge. Wells Fargo (44 Montgomery), Hunter-Dulin, Metropolis Bank Building with Bank of America sign atop, Sheraton Palace Hotel, Mechanics Institute Building, Chronicle Building with modern exterior (later removed), Pacific Telephone Buildings. Union 76 Clock Tower in distance (2:52 p.m). The White House department store lower right. Part of Panorama
Nob Hill
View west up to Coit Tower (built 1932-33) on Telegraph Hill. Railroad cars, tower of warehouse. Top of Henry Cowell Lime & Cement Co. warehouse at lower left.
Northern Waterfront
View to Yerba Buena Island and piers along Embarcadero. No Bay Bridge.
Telegraph Hill
View northwest from Bay toward downtown buildings. Pier 16 at left, Railway Express Agency Pier, Ferry Building at right, Hobart Building. Embarcadero YMCA, Matson Building, Mark Hopkins, S-P sign on Southern Pacific Building (removed September 1961). International Building (601 California at Kearny) under construction. Embarcadero Freeway.
View northwest from Bay towards waterfront. Pier 16 at left. Southern Pacific Building with large "S-P" sign (removed September, 1961). Embarcadero Freeway. Ferry Building at center. Telegraph Hill at right.
SF Bay
View north toward Alcatraz and Angel Island from Coit Tower. Piers 43 (railroad ferry arch), 41, 39, and 37 at center. At lower right 290 Lombard, Art Moderne apartment building, Architect: H.C. Baumann, built 1940.
Telegraph Hill
View south from pier in Fisherman's Wharf boat harbor, toward a seagull and Castagnola's Restaurant. Jefferson Street, tower of San Francisco Art Institute in the background left. Fuel tank complex at far right behind restaurant.
Fishermans Wharf
View east to woman posed on pier in fishing boat harbor, Jefferson Street between Taylor and Jones. Alioto's and Fishermen's Grotto in background. (blurry)
Fishermans Wharf